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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

331
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
South Africa

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Lesotho, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa

Minority Language

South Africa
Botswana, Lesotho

Regulated By

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Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Derived From

Latin
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2653
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2143
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

73
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Molo

Thank You

Thank you
Ndiyabulela

How Are You?

How are you?
Unjani

Good Night

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle

Good Evening

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle

Good Morning

Good Morning
Molo

Please

Please
Ndicela

Sorry

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo

Bye

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

I Love You

I love you
Ndiyakuthanda

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Gcaleka

Where They Speak

United States of America
South Africa

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Thembu

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
South Africa

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0019,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Hlubi

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
South Africa

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0019.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1889
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million20.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million8.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
isiXhosa

Alternative Names

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

French Name

anglais
xhosa

German Name

Englisch
Xhosa-Sprache

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

Ethnicity

English people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca

History

Origin

5th Century AD
16th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

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Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard English
isiXhosa

Language Position

321
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Signed Xhosa

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
xh

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
xho

ISO 639 2/B

eng
xho

ISO 639 3

eng
xho

ISO 639 6

engs
xho

Glottocode

stan1293
xhos1239

Linguasphere

52-ABA
99-AUT-fa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Xhosa Alphabets

English and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Xhosa. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn English and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Xhosa languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

English and Xhosa Speaking population

English and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of English and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Xhosa on English vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Xhosa Language Codes

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