In brief
Main language: Xhosa. Glottolog classifies it in the Atlantic-Congo family.
Languages and their lineage
Xhosa
- Atlantic-Congoatla1278
- Volta-Congovolt1241
- Benue-Congobenu1247
- Bantoidbant1294
- Southern Bantoidsout3152
- Narrow Bantunarr1281
- East Bantueast2731
- Southern Bantusout3387
- Nuclear Southern Bantunucl1826
- Dimsuffix Southern Bantudims1234
- Nguni-Tsonga-Copingun1280
- Nguni (S.40)ngun1276
- Nuclear Nguninucl1827
- Southern Ndebele-Lowlandngun1267
- Xhosaxhos1239
People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.
Peoples of the same language family
Sources
- Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)