Months of the Year in Xhosa

Xhosa (also called as isiXhosa) is the official language of South Africa and Zimbabwe. It is a Nguni Bantu language spoken by the Nguni people of Sub-Saharan Africa. It comes under the language family of Niger-Congo. The language has over 8.2 million native speakers all over the world. Apart from that, there are another 1 million speakers from Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng, and Northern Cape who speak it as their second language. It has several dialects like Mpondo (Pondo), Gaika (Ngqika), Gcaleka, Thembu, Mpondomise, Xesibe, Bomvana, Ndlambe, and Hlubi. The language has two writing systems, and they are Latin (Xhosa alphabet)and Xhosa Braille. In the upcoming article, let’s see how to say Months of the Year in Xhosa.

In Xhosa, the word month is written as inyanga, and the plural form of the month is written as iinyanga (months). So let’s see how to say the rest of the Months of the Year in Xhosa.

Related: Days of the Week in Xhosa.

How to Say English Months in Xhosa

Month Name in English	Month Name in Xhosa
January	uJanuwari
February	uFebhuwari
March	uMatshi
April	uApreli
May	uMeyi
June	uJuni
July	uJulayi
August	uAgasti
September	uSeptemba
October	uOktobha
November	uNovemba
December	uDisemba

How to Say Traditional/Gregorian Months of Xhosa

Apart from the English calendar month, Xhosa has traditional/gregorian months, which are also called Xhosa Months. All the months are named after stars, seasonal change, seasonal plants, or seasonal flowers of Southern Africa that happens at a given time of the year.

Month Name in English	Traditional Month Name in Xhosa	Explanation
January	EyoMqungu	The month of the Tambuki Grass
February	EyoMdumba	The month of the swelling grain
March	EyoKwindla	The month of the first fruits
April	UTshazimpuzi	The month of the withering pumpkins
May	UCanzibe	The month of Canopus
June	Isilimela	The month of the Pleiades
July	EyeKhala/ EyeNtlaba	The month of the aloes
August	EyeThupha	The month of the buds
September	EyoMsintsi	The month of the coast coral tree
October	EyeDwarha	The month of the lilypad
November	EyeNkanga	The month of the small yellow daisies
December	EyoMnga	The month of the mimosa thorn tree and Simba

Days Based on Months:

Important Days in January	Important Days in February
Important Days in March	Important Days in April
Important Days in May	Important Days in June
Important Days in July	Important Days in August
Important Days in September	Important Days in October
Important Days in November	Important Days in December

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