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
Regulated By
Not Available
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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
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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
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Thembu
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Hlubi
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
English
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Not Available
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
anglais
xhosa
German Name
Englisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
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Ethnicity
Not Available
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
5th Century AD
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
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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 Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Xhosa language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common English Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Xhosa Difficulty
The English vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Xhosa Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.