Nuno · @ncrav
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Xhosa and other languages with tongue click consonants sound so interesting.

Just found this video of people singing in Xhosa while trying to learn more about it.

youtu.be/VEZxEON1PVw

#africa #diversity #languages #clicklanguages #xhosa

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So, was better than anticipated

OK, fine, maybe I was biased by everyone quipping in . And , obviously, because she rocks

#BlackPantherWakandaForever #xhosa #ironheart

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Joe Soap the nth · @T2oofei8ht
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@lukito I want to tell you about the coolest word in the world, and it really hits right if you understand the languages it involves.
The Afrikaans word for key is sleutel.
The coolest word in the world is the word for key, isitixo. 😎

#xhosa

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· @Cassana
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OK, I want to talk . This is Huun Huur Tu (from ) with Prayer:
youtube.com/watch?v=B-20tFVLS0
It's unique to , right? Wrong! Here are women from doing Umqokolo:
youtube.com/watch?v=JzpNNYO9eP
Here's Blind Willie Johnson, recorded in 1929 doing some and yes, throat singing:
youtube.com/watch?v=IcYKEGNQGJ
So, 2 traditions, 1 more solitary case, but all isolated development ☑️
And there are others.

#throatsinging #tuva #centralasia #xhosa #southafrica #texas #gospel #blues

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inathis · @inathis
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Joe Soap the nth🇿🇦 · @T2oofei8ht
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@druid It's like these arrogant whites in South Africa 🇿🇦 doing their nut and protesting and suing because they can't pronounce the new names of Port Elizabeth and King William's Town
They must get over it or eff off back to Europe

#mzansi #gqeberha #qonce #culture #xhosa #politics #blm #blap

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sebastian · @sebastian
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