Catalan

Xhosa

Catalan and Xhosa

Catalan

Xhosa

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Countries

Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community

South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

Andorra, France, Italy, Spain

South Africa

Second Language

Spain

Lesotho, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Europe

Africa

Minority Language

Aragon, France, Italy, Spain

Botswana, Lesotho

Regulated By

Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee

Interesting Facts

Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.

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

Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Derived From

Latin

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2753

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510

0 32

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How Many Consonants

2343

9 60

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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

Hola

Molo

Thank You

Gràcies

Ndiyabulela

How Are You?

Com estàs?

Unjani

Good Night

Bona nit

Ulale kakuhle

Good Evening

Bona nit

Ubusuku obuhle

Good Afternoon

Bona tarda

Uben' emva kwemini entle

Good Morning

Bon dia

Molo

Please

Sisplau

Ndicela

Sorry

Perdó!

Ndicela uxolo

Bye

Adéu

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

I Love You

T'estimo

Ndiyakuthanda

Excuse Me

Dispensi!

Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Caló

Gcaleka

Where They Speak

France, Portugal, Spain

South Africa

How Many People Speak

440,000.0019,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Valencian

Thembu

Where They Speak

Spain

South Africa

How Many People Speak

2,400,000.0019,000,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Ribagorçan

Hlubi

Where They Speak

Spain

South Africa

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.0019.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.20 million20.00 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

0.12 %0.11 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

4.10 million8.20 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

5.10 million11.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

català

isiXhosa

Alternative Names

Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian

“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa

French Name

catalan; valencien

xhosa

German Name

Katalanisch

Xhosa-Sprache

Pronunciation

[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

Ethnicity

Catalan people

amaXhosa, amaBhaca

History

Origin

c. 1028

16th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Romance

Benue-Congo

Branch

Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Catalan

No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian

isiXhosa

Language Position

3221

1 120

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Signed Forms

Signed Catalan

Signed Xhosa

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cat

xho

ISO 639 2/B

cat

xho

ISO 639 3

cat

xho

ISO 639 6

cat

xho

Glottocode

stan1289

xhos1239

Linguasphere

51-AAA-e

99-AUT-fa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Catalan and Xhosa Alphabets

Catalan and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Catalan and Xhosa. In Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Catalan and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Catalan and Xhosa languages. The Catalan phonology consist Catalan vowels and Catalan consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Catalan greetings vs Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Catalan and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

All Catalan 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 Catalan and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Catalan and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Catalan are spoken in different Catalan Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Catalan vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Catalan dialects include: Caló, Valencian. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Catalan and Xhosa Speaking population

Catalan and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 % 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 Catalan and Xhosa on Catalan vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Xhosa Language Codes

Catalan and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Catalan and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.