Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa, spoken by about 8 million people or roughly 18% of the population in South Africa. Xhosa is a tonal language, which means the same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meanings when said with a rising or falling or high or low intonation. Xhosa is written using a Latin alphabet and is the southernmost branch of the Nguni languages which also include Swati and Zulu. Popular Baby Names keeps many categories of African, Bantu and Nguni baby names and name meanings for effortless searching.