A mountainous Southern African kingdom completely surrounded by South Africa, known for textiles.
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Lesotho is the only independent state in the world that lies entirely above 1,000 meters elevation.
ilolo is a Xhosa term for a loner.
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Mna ndililolo, andinamntu.
I am a loner, I have no one.
Coloured, formerly Cape Coloured, a person of mixed European (“white”) and African (“black”) or Asian ancestry, as officially defined by the South African government from 1950 to 1991.
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Coloureds are mostly found in Cape Town but can be found all over South Africa.
(XiTsonga) A sexy language that is mostly spoken in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Mozambique.
The people are Tsonga people.
The people are Tsonga people.
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My best friend is Tsonga but she can't speak XiTsonga properly.
Is a popular Xhosa slang which means What's going on. It's most popular in the Eastern Cape streets.
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Whuzet nawe nalamntana uMbali?
Slang is a very informal type of language made up of new or playful words and phrases used in everyday speech. It is common in casual talk and text messages, but it is not used in formal writing or official speech.
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Don’t use slang terms when writing formal letters, my child.
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