Zulu language

[TarSzava]

!XOBILE  XD

[JOKAWILD26]

can they speak the language without doing the clicks also ? or do they need the clicks all the time,, this language allmost sounds chinese with clicks

[mwedzi]

@JOKAWILD26 No, you cannot speak the language without clicks. They are just another sound in the language, like say 'f' or 'v' in English. Just like there are some words you cannot say in English if you don't use 'v' or 'f', there are some words you can't say in Xhosa without the clicks. In fact, you can't even say the name of the language without a click. But they are not as frequent as in this clip. These are tongue twisters, chosen for the unusually high percentage of vlick sounds.

[jonykakuyo]

how do you spell the clicks?

[eskorbutin89]

@jonykakuyo with a fucking exclamation mark. !

[mwedzi]

@jonykakuyo They use 3 main letters: 'q' for the loud popping clicks you heard in the first tongue twister, 'c' for the clicks you heard in the second which sound a little like an English speaker saying 'tsk tsk', and 'x' like in the name of the language which sounds a bit like an English speaker telling a horse to giddyup. These 3 can then be modified by things like putting 'h' after them to indicate they are spoken with a lot of air or putting 'n' in front to indicate they are nasalized.

[dalekdude180]

imagine their pornos! XD

[Mutakaliim]

I love the dental clicks in the feel of this language.

[dlemma74]

@Mutakaliim Its not the teeth its the tongue.

[jamaoker]

does anybody else notice that his speech goes with the music in the background?

[cannoir]

@jamaoker I thought I was the only one who noticed this. he is a funny bloke .

[MrPalavraci]

how does he talk and make that sound together no idea :O

[eduardobag]

Xhosa

[Mlindos]

Those r just stupid rhymes or wat not, Neither Zulu or Xhosa uses that many clicks at once like that.

[AkaoKiyotsu]

@Mlindos Duh.

[yldoc]

yes! I know that this is Xhosa. He is a Zulu himself though, and he wanted to demonstrate the clicks by speaking the Xhosa language.

[cozytyme]

dats not Zulu its xhosa

[LOLitskemo]

this isnt zulu mann... its xhosa! and zulu is one of the easiest languanges in southafrica..

[Zeezsotheraccount]

@LOLitskemo Afrikaans is easier.

[LOLitskemo]

this isnt zulu mann... its xhosa!

[nightmoves0809]

This is not Zulu. This guy, when he does get to actually make sentences, he speaks Xhosa. I know, I can speak them both. The clicking sounds do not make sense, its just show off. In Zulu youcan make a complete sentence without making a clicking sound which is a 'Q'. This consonent is not in every word.

[AkaoKiyotsu]

@nightmoves0809 It was a tongue twister/poem.

[Porandowoman123]

wow zulu is difficult to learn.....

[callin2427]

can you put up a video on zulu language. the basics like hello, how are you? please and thank you. I want to learn zulu and don't know where to start