Reflection

This research has definitely changed my view on language. I has shown me that language is extremely important and that without it we cannot communicate. In places that we rarely go some languages sound so different than enything that we have heard before it amazes me. Throughout this research i have wanted to ask a question on how the first language was created.

Recommendations.

I should probably go more in depth into all of my language instead of just an overview. If i did it over again I would make a better survey that I could show more than one person. I need to study the pronunciation more.

Conclusion

Based on all of my data a lot of people do not now anything about Xhosa, and other foreign languages in general. A lot of the people I asked about Xhosa had know idea what it was (I asked people in passing, not just in the interview). Also, Xhosa is almost gone in the world, because only 18 percent of one country in the world speaks it. What we can learn from my research is that languages are important and we should try to save them.

Data interpretation

The data I received from my interview was that Xhosa is a very unknown language. When I asked if he had heard the language, he had only heard it in a movie before. They had never even thought that clicks could be used to communicate before.

Results for interview

What did you think of when you first heard xhosa? why?

I was fascinated and i wanted to know more. because it was so foreign. 

Where did you think t was originated? why? 

Africa, I saw movie in which africans spoke a language like that.

By which people? 

Central Africa.

Before you heard of xhosa did you think that clicks could be used as a language? why?

No, I did not think there was enough clicks. 

So you think that the media stereo types the language and their people? why? 

No, I have never seen anything like it.

Interview

What did you think of when you first heard xhosa? why?
Where do you think it originates? why?
By which people?, why?
Do you think the media sterotypes it? why?
Before you heard of the language did you ever think that clicks could be used as a language? why or why not?

summary for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhosa

The Xhosa language originated from the Xhosa tribe. It was discovered by western civilizations in the 1700s. It is spoken by 18 percent of South Africa today. It has a latin based alphabet with 15 different kinds of clicks. The main ones are the dental, which is the letter c, palatel which is q, and lateral which is x.

Research Plan

I am going to search the internet for different articles about xhosa that I can summarize. I hope to find many different articles and translations. I also want to find stuff about the history of xhosa. I can not really interview any body because no one I know knows about the language, so I will interview a random person about Xhosa so I can figure out what regular people think.

Research Goals and Research Question

My research goals are to figure out how Xhosa uses clicks to communicate with others. I also want to know how it originated.

How does Xhosa work and where is it from.

Language Beliefs

I believe that language is power when you are in a place that speaks your language. One of our guest speakers, Mrs Lewis was in country for a eight years. One of the residents gave her a saying that they said was very common. It meant "there poops a rabbit." She said it for eight years.