Bhaca language

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Bhaca
Isibhaca
Native to South Africa
Ethnicity Bhaca people
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog bhac1238
S.402 [1]

Bhaca, or IsiBhaca (Baca) is a Bantu language of South Africa. [1] Traditionally considered a dialect of Swati, it is closer to Xhosa, Phuthi and Zulu. [2] [3] It is spoken southeast of Lesotho, where Sotho, Xhosa and Zulu meet, mainly around Mount Frere, Mzimkhulu, and to a lesser extent in Mount Ayliff, Matatiele, Harding, Bulwer, Underberg, Highflats, Umzinto, Umzumbe and Ixopo.

Vocabulary

Months in IsiBhaca:

EnglishBhaca
JanuaryNtlolanja
FebruaryNdzata
MarchMbasa
AprilMgudlulwa
MayNtlangula
JuneNtulikati
JulyNcwaba
AugustMphandula
SeptemberMfumfu
OctoberNzibandlela
NovemberLweti
DecemberNtsinga

Example: Bendicela undithsengele amaqandza nentusi na ukhamba.

Translation [Xhosa/Zulu/English]: Bendicela undithengele amaqanda nobisi xa uhamba: Bengicela ungithengela amaqanda nobisi ma uhamba: "Please buy me eggs and milk when you go out".

EnglishBhaca
I will beat youNditak’shik’tsha
Please pass me another spoon, mine fell under the tableBendicela undidlulisele olunye ukhezo, olwam luwele edasi kwetafile


COMPARISON OF ISIXHOSA AND ISIBHACA words

XhosaBhaca
IntombazanaInkatinyana
UkuthethaUkubhobha
phi?layi?
UkubethaUkukshiksha

References

  1. 1 2 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  2. ↑ Jordan, Archibald C. (1942). "Some features of the phonetic and grammatical structure of Baca". Masters Dissertation. University of Cape Town.
  3. ↑ Swazi at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009) Closed Access logo transparent.svg

Sources 1. Jordan, A C (1942) SOME FEATURES OF THE PHONETIC AND GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE OF BACA. Masters Thesis, Cape Town : University of Cape Town. 2. Msimang, C T (1989) SOME PHONOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE TEKELA-NGUNI DIALECTS. South Africa. Doctoral Dissertation. Pretoria: University of South Africa 3. Nomlomo, V. S. (1993). LANGUAGE VARIATION THE TRANSKEIAN XHOSA SPEECH COMMUNITY AND ITS IMPACT ON CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. Master's dissertation, Cape Town: University of Cape Town,

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