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
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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
Sorry
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
I love you
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Dialect 1
American English
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
United States of America
South Africa
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Thembu
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
South Africa
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Hlubi
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
South Africa
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
Origin
5th Century AD
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
isiXhosa
Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1293
xhos1239
Linguasphere
52-ABA
99-AUT-fa
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 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.