'Shut up, you don't know what you are talking about'. This statement was uttered in the IsiXhosa language to a person who is a non-IsiXhosa speaking. On further interrogating the meaning of this statement, it was found that the expression is not insulting in the IsiXhosa language. Refer to case law and discuss the legal and other measures that are intended to ensure the promotion of the language of human rights considering the impact of South Africa's history that did not recognize the constitutionality of indigenous languages.