Summary

Language code xh
Aliased language codes xh_za, xho
English name of the language Xhosa
Text direction Left to right
Case sensitivity Case-sensitive
Number of speakers 10,901,720
Plural: Default plural 499 translations
Number of plurals 2
Plural type One/other
Plurals Singular 1
Plural 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, …
Plural formula n != 1
Plural: Qt Linguist plural 0 translations
Number of plurals 2
Plural type One/other
Plurals Singular 1
Plural 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, …
Plural formula (n != 1)
09/19/2026

String statistics

Strings percent Hosted strings Words percent Hosted words Characters percent Hosted characters
Total 122,136 550,051 3,361,512
Approved 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0
Waiting for review 22% 27,759 15% 84,871 15% 526,459
Translated 22% 27,920 15% 85,089 15% 527,804
Needs editing 16% 20,591 7% 41,967 8% 269,902
Read-only 1% 161 1% 218 1% 1,345
Failing checks 1% 848 1% 1,437 1% 8,786
Strings with suggestions 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0
Untranslated strings 60% 73,625 76% 422,995 76% 2,563,806

Quick numbers

550 k
Hosted words
122 k
Hosted strings
22%
Translated
and previous 30 days

Trends of last 30 days

+1%
Hosted words
+100%
Hosted strings
+100%
Translated
+22%
−100%
Contributors
+100%
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The “xh/sfx2/messages.po” file was changed. 09/18/2026
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09/18/2026
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09/18/2026
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The “xh/sc/messages.po” file was changed. 09/18/2026
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The “xh/cui/messages.po” file was changed. 09/15/2026
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The “xh/svtools/messages.po” file was changed. 09/15/2026
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09/15/2026
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09/15/2026
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