Even though it's commonly spoken in our Western and Eastern Cape provinces, when considered in a global context, Xhosa is a relatively small language. What I was happy to find out is that there's a Xhosa edition of Wikipedia available! While it is a relatively small edition, with only 115 articles at the time of writing this post, it was once explained to me that it's a major step towards documenting what the Xhosa elders have through the centuries passed on to their children by word of mouth only.
I found this interesting and alternative usage of an abbreviated form of the word, and although I doubt it's legitimacy I found the dialogue at the bottom of the text terribly entertaining. :)
mjw
I am very frustrated that more professional Xhosa speakers (university professors and teachers, for example) don’t work on the Xhosa Wikipedia project to generate indigenous-language reference articles for learners, especially since we have such a large problem with young children often not being taught in their home language, but rather English.
Paul
Post authorWell, I can’t say that I’m frustrated, but you’re right, it would be nice if a few of these took up the responsibility and set fingers to keyboard.