The Xhosa Challenge

Pretty self-explanatory, really.

Watching it, I notice that the synching is absolutely terrible. I'll see if I can fix that for my next video. It's been bothering me.

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Tags:

• Xhosa
• challenge
• Khayav
• click

[Number3Pencils]

Me? I'm your basic white. The lighting isn't very good.

[honeychick4ever]

You sound good! I wish I could that! I'm trying to learn to speak Xhosa, it takes alot of practice. Nice video!

[Number3Pencils]

Best of luck to you! Thanks for the kind word.

[Number3Pencils]

I guess it's probably because I click my tongue sometimes when I've got a tune in my head, and I've gotten good at it that way. Maybe. Hm... well, you can make it already, I'm guessing, and you're just having trouble putting it into a word? Maybe try saying the vowel sort of while you say the q... but I could also be way off. Text is a poor medium to try and help someone with this sort of thing.

[cannoir]

@Number3Pencils but its not just the lighting though , you do have a "certain" familiar "look" , just a tiny bit black imo .

[langjovis]

what race is this guy

[Number3Pencils]

@msayofemi1 Dang, that is tricky. What does it mean?

[msayofemi1]

@Number3Pencils wana try another wierd challange i mad eup try this uyindaqabale ngiyakubexaxa iqaqa qira qira o xoxoxo qira qira na ndebele kwaxixara

[Bathandwa100]

Man The clicks are very good i'm impressed and i believe that's what you focused on mostly

[MagnaMater2]

Dear me, amazing. Good ears! I stumbled over this language only this afternoon, when there was claimed early humans from habilis down to neanderthal couldn't talk because of their throat anatomy, and therefore had no language, but a language with rhythmical and alternating clicking would still be a possibility, perhaps this is the last reminder.

After three hours I still try to sort out the clicks, and perhaps manage to pronounce the word 'Xhosa'.

[QueinSiingah]

OMG YOU AIN'T

EVEN SERIOUS. UHHHH

ITS SOO HARD, I TRIED TO DO

IT BUT I CAN'T KHAYA SPOKE

TOO FAST :( TEACH ME!

[Nativechica]

You are perfect.

[Lorynne0]

Nice!Very cool...and we should be so proud that Khaya is taking one of the many great languages of SA to people around the globe..no mocking this guys efforts peeps..really good!