Boy’s Xhosa-English Mixture Has SA Howling, Parent Trying to Understand Son’s “Xhosalish” Goes TikTok Viral

Boy’s Xhosa-English Mixture Has SA Howling, Parent Trying to Understand Son’s “Xhosalish” Goes TikTok Viral

  • A little kid was trying to speak isiXhosa to his mum, but he was failing miserably at getting his message across
  • Sadly, communication failed, and the parent couldn't make sense of what her kid was trying to say
  • People were in stitches over the young boy's attempt at speaking his home language without any success

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A little boy had the internet amused when he tried to speak isiXhosa. The video had many people in stitches.

Kid tries to speak isiXhosa
A kid tried to speak isiXhosa and ended up leaving his mother confused. Image: TikTok/@kuyixfamily
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The video got thousands of likes as the mom tried to understand what her son was communicating. Online users were in stitches over the video of mother and son.

Little kid on TikTok tries to speak isiXhosa

A little boy made an effort to speak in isiXhosa at home. The kid tried to explain something, but his mother, @kuyixfamily, was confused. Watch the video of the communication breakdown below:

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TikTok users crack up over tiny tot trying to speak Isixhosa

Online users are always fascinated by black children who have trouble speaking their home languages. This video had other parents who have children with the same problem relating to her.

samumadlala commented:

"My son's Zulu sengathi iNigerian."

Dineo commented:

"Ngaze ngamthanda lapho angimuzwa ufuna ukthini."

Yamkela_yaya commented:

"Can I see more of him please. I love him."

winilendebele commented:

"P2 please nami ngifuna uku understanda."

xhosashinobi commented:

"Yho nah kuzofunenka ndiqiniseke ngothetha IsiXhosa umntana wam esemncinci... Ingathi izosokolisa le yomfundisa emdala. [I made sure to speak isiXhosa to my child when he was young. It looks like it will be a struggle when he is older]"

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Many people were divided about the video. Although netizens love to see children with different skills, this video had some thinking the little girl was made to feel awkward.

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Rutendo Masasi (Human-Interest editor) Rue Masasi is a Human Interest and Entertainment writer at Briefly News who graduated with a BA (Hons) in English from Rhodes University in 2018. Rue also has 2 years of experience in journalism and over four years of experience as an online ESL teacher. She has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her via email: rutendo.masasi@briefly.co.za