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)
10/09/2026

String statistics

Strings percent Hosted strings Words percent Hosted words Characters percent Hosted characters
Total 122,142 550,085 3,361,715
Approved 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0
Waiting for review 22% 27,750 15% 84,862 15% 526,398
Translated 22% 27,912 15% 85,081 15% 527,749
Needs editing 16% 20,589 7% 41,963 8% 269,883
Read-only 1% 162 1% 219 1% 1,351
Failing checks 1% 848 1% 1,437 1% 8,786
Strings with suggestions 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0
Untranslated strings 60% 73,641 76% 423,041 76% 2,564,083

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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Resource updated

The “xh/cui/messages.po” file was changed. 10/06/2026
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The “xh/sc/messages.po” file was changed. 10/06/2026
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The “xh/svx/messages.po” file was changed. 10/06/2026
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The “xh/sd/messages.po” file was changed. 10/06/2026
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10/06/2026
User avatar webhook:github

String added in the repository

 
10/06/2026
User avatar webhook:github

Resource updated

The “xh/sc/messages.po” file was changed. 10/06/2026
User avatar webhook:github

String added in the repository

 
10/06/2026
User avatar webhook:github

String added in the repository

 
10/06/2026
User avatar webhook:github

Resource updated

The “xh/svx/messages.po” file was changed. 10/06/2026
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