Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
South Africa
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Thank You
شكرا
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
Unjani
Good Night
تصبح على خير
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
مساء الخير
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
صباح الخير
Molo
Bye
وداعا
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
أحبك
Ndiyakuthanda
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
South Africa
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Thembu
Where They Speak
Sudan
South Africa
Dialect 3
Levantine
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
South Africa
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
German Name
Arabisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Arabs
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
512 CE
16th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Benue-Congo
Branch
North Arabic
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
isiXhosa
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
arab1395
xhos1239
Linguasphere
12-AAC
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All Arabic and Xhosa Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Arabic and Xhosa Speaking population
Arabic and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Xhosa on Arabic vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Arabic and Xhosa Language Codes
Arabic and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.