Answering a long-felt need for a comprehensive English-Xhosa dictionary, this work has been compiled to meet the needs of both Xhosa-speakers learning English, and English-speakers learning Xhosa. Plus: a guide to Xhosa noun classes in the front of the dictionary helps you understand a vital part of Xhosa grammar and how to use your dictionary effectively. Around 15,000 entries comprehensively cover everyday, technical and subject-specific English. The class system of Xhosa nouns is clearly shown to help you avoid making grammar mistakes.

"There are not enough Xhosa books for children available online.Learn a new Xhosa language word everyday! The Xhosa Children's Dictionary is an illustrated version of the Xhosa Learner's Dictionary. It is made especially for your multilingual child to develop their Xhosa and English reading skills.Contains simple nouns, verbs and adjectives for every day use. Updated and expanded with even more Xhosa words.Discover the joy of reading in Xhosa and English together with your multilingual child.Written in Modern Xhosa. Suitable for children 0 to 7 years old."

Written by a life-long language practioner who has spoken isiXhosa since childhood, this grammar represents a significant advance in understanding the structure of isiXhosa, the language of more than 8 million South Africans. In this ground-breaking book isiXhosa is described in its own right, freeing it from preconceived grammatical ideas derived from European languages. All the features of the language are portrayed in this revisionist grammar that reinvents isiXhosa as a language with its own genius. All students of isiXhosa urgently need this book. Both mother-tongue speakers and those studying isiXhosa as a second or third language have to take cognisance of this new approach to escape the restrictions imposed by a Eurocentric bias. It is essential to authors of textbooks and those who prescribe syllabi. It is also of significance for those attempting to gain insight in the structure of related African languages.

A phrase book for health-care professionals who need to communicate with Xhosa-speaking patients. It includes introductory exchanges aimed at putting patients at ease, history taking, physical examination, and the explanations required to inform patients about the nature of special investigations.

The Dictionary of Southern African Place Names - now in its 4th edition - helps you sort your Komkhulu from your Kommetjie with the most comprehensive glossary of Southern African towns, villages, railway stations, mountains, rivers and beaches. The 9 000 short entries incorporate data from sources dating as far back as 1486, encapsulating the linguistic and cultural heritage of all the peoples of the subcontinent, past and present. In this highly readable book the expert authors take you on a fascinating journey of the highways and byways of Southern Africa. Whether you are a motorist, an adventurer or merely an armchair traveller, this book has a multitude of facts and details that will fascinate you. This is much more than a reference book - it gives an insight into what shapes a place and its people through our heroes, events, beliefs, values, fears and aspirations.

Xhosa oral poetry has defied the threats to its integrity over two centuries, to take its place in a free South Africa. This volume establishes the background to this poetic re-emergence, preserving and transmitting the voice of the Xhosa poet.