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Xhosa people

Bantu ethnic group
Intangible ethnic_group Q207996
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Summary

Xhosa people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,397 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Native language: Xhosa[3]
  • Subclass of: Nguni people[4]
  • Commons category: Xhosa[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Xhosa people[6]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7]

Why It Matters

Xhosa people has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM250815
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM250815, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0398929-Xhosove
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0398929-Xhosove, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → ethnic group
    Native language → Xhosa
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007529620205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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