Wednesday, 1 May 2013

IS XHOSA GOING TO DIE OUT AS A LANGUAGE FOR SHARING KNOWLEDGE?

Wikipedia operates in 286 different languages, but the content is very unevenly spread. There are more than 4 million articles in English, while Xhosa, spoken by almost 8 million people in South Africa, only has 147 articles

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Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Xhosa Rap ndaziswa nguBheBhekamuzi!


Molo Titshalakazi

Nantsi ingoma yikaRattex, igama lale ngoma yi"Ewe Nje":


Nantsi iilyrics yalengoma: le ivela ku BheBhekamuzi (Richard)
Verse 1_
Dlala number number
nants ityhefu yerhamba
wena one side uze ngodlala
noba ningavala sizodala
apha kukwahiphop, iRap and futhi akulalwa
njengezihlangu zexhego bathi soze sishayine
but what, le pop bayenzayo soze ilaste
mavovo, alahl’ imbo ngophoyiyane
kunxitywa ooskinny jeans baleq’ iRap yezitabane
(he he he!) estratweni Rah bathathe
batheth iChampagne, batheth iMoto mabapake
sithetha ngezitrato kule rap mabasincame
(awe) salute masiyibambeni masoja
(nale) shit ye media iYasi costa
masiqine madoda alikho ixesha lofeketha
indoda ikhwele ihashi layo iqiniseke ngokulibhexesha
sine albums kodwa eshop azikho iCD
senz iVideo kodwa abazidlali etv
underground, kuwe iindaba mfana zimbi
basenzela swaak njenge ndoda efa yi T.B
Chorus_
Verse 2_
ewe nje vele ke hiphop ke sithi ke
estratweni siyiphethe ke ugcwele neh moja ke
why nimisa umcimbi without agenda
nisixelela amasimba ngale shit ye swagga
ireal emceez kuthwa azina swag
yilonto ungaziboni nakwi cover ye hype mag
kule hiphop fak izaza uzobona
kule hiphop nxiba icici uzobonwa
kule hiphop nxiba ishit uzonconywa
awunawo a-maKip-Kip bayakuringa uba uyabhora
indaba isukile,sithi sisamile
hiphop ishubile
iZulu lidumile
we like amaxhego aphethwe zijuvi
kodwa ndisekhona Hip Hop ngeke ubengumfi