Igama elithi Xhosa yisikhathi esivamile, esetshenziselwa ukuhlanganiswa kwezizwe ezihloniphekile zakwaNuni, i-Pondo, iBomvana, cnesizwe samaXhosa ngokwayo. Abantu abakhuluma isiXhosa noma iKapa Nguni bahlala e-Eastern Cape, kusukela emngceleni weKwaZulu-Natali ukuya eMpumalanga Kapa Zuurveld.
Ngokomlando babengabazingeli, abelusi kanye nabalimi abahlala ngokudla, abahlelwe ngamacembu okuzimele ahlukene ngokwezombusazwe, ngamunye ehlonipha inkosi enkulu. IsiXhosa, njengoNguni, isilimi kunokuba yisizwe, kwakukhona ulimi olukhulunywa ezigodini zeNhlanzi, iKeiskamma neBuffalo.
Iqembu lokuqala labangena eManguni ukufika eNingizimu Afrika lalihlanganisa isizwe samaXhosa (esakhiwa ngamaqembu eGcaleka, Ngqika, Ndlambe naseDushane), iThembu nePondo. Kamuva iqembu lesibili lezikhulumi ze-Nguni zafika eZululand, kodwa zaxoshwa yiNkosi King. Bayaziwa ngokuthi uMfengu futhi bahlanganiswa phakathi kwesizwe saseXhosa.
Laba basuka kwamanye amazwe basungula isizwe se-Xhosa, iqembu lesibili elikhulu kunazo zonke eNingizimu Afrika. Bayizizwe eziziqhenyayo, njengoba bengakaze babe yizigqila noma benqotshwe yinoma yisiphi esinye isizwe.
Translated by Nsika Khoza
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