SunbeamDog

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Hi, my name is Adriaan. I am an Afrikaans speaking youth. I also speak English on a near-native level, and some German. I think it's absolutely sickening how the black languages are being marginilized in our country. I will try to help build the foundations of this Wikipedia.

I have no formal schooling of Xhosa.The school taught us some Xhosa from grade 4 to grade 6, but it was mixed up with Zulu, and the teacher didn't even speak Xhosa correctly.

So I will try to pick up some Xhosa along the way. I believe it's absolutely possible to learn Xhosa by myself.

Xhosa

Really how difficult is it to learn Xhosa? According to this page it is a Category II language in terms of difficulty for speakers of English.

Resources

• For an overview
• Language profile
• Language material
• Short word list
• Basics for travelers
• Learn Xhosa in Cape Town

Learning Xhosa

• Mnr Muller Afrikaans blog

Potentially helpful books

• Towards Machine-Readable Lexicons for South African Bantu languages