Mpondomise people

rdf:langString Mpondomise people

rdf:langString Mpondomise people

rdf:langString AmaMpondomise

rdf:langString Mpondomise people

rdf:langString AmaMpondomise

rdf:langString ~3 million

rdf:langString Mpondo, Xhosa, Swati, Zulu, Southern Ndebele Northern Ndebele and other Bantu peoples

rdf:langString The Mpondomise people, also called AmaMpondomise, are a Xhosa-speaking people. Their traditional homeland has been in the contemporary era Eastern Cape province of South Africa, during apartheid they were located both in the Ciskei and Transkei region. Like other separate Xhosa-speaking kingdoms such as abaThembu and amaMpondo, they speak Xhosa and are at times considered as part of the Xhosa people. The AmaMpondomise form part of the AbaseMbo Nguni ethnic groups of South Africa. The formal establishment of the ethnic groups as a separate nation from the other local Bantu peoples or their Nguni cousins is estimated around 13th century. The Mpondomise encountered colonists migrating further inland and eastwards from the Cape of Good Hope. As a result of colonial conquest, a majority of amaMpondomise speak Xhosa, with a minority who are bilingual speaking Mpondomise as their home language and Xhosa as a second language. Some people view Mpondomise as a dialect of Xhosa. However, the language is dying out.