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Filipino
Filipino

Xhosa
Xhosa



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Countries

Countries

Philippines
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
South Africa

Second Language

Philippines
Lesotho, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho

Regulated By

Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
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Interesting Facts

  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  • 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

Tagalog Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Derived From

Spanish Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2853
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
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kumusta
Molo

Thank You

Salamat
Ndiyabulela

How Are You?

Kumusta
Unjani

Good Night

magandang gabi
Ulale kakuhle

Good Evening

Magandang gabi
Ubusuku obuhle

Good Afternoon

Magandang hapon
Uben' emva kwemini entle

Good Morning

Magandang umaga
Molo

Please

Mangyaring
Ndicela

Sorry

pinagsisisihan
Ndicela uxolo

Bye

Paalam
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

I Love You

Mahal kita
Ndiyakuthanda

Excuse Me

patawarin ninyo ako
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Bikol
Gcaleka

Where They Speak

Philippines
South Africa

How Many People Speak

100,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiligaynon
Thembu

Where They Speak

Philippines
South Africa

How Many People Speak

8,200,000.0019,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Waray
Hlubi

Where They Speak

Philippines
South Africa

How Many People Speak

2,600,000.0019.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

89
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

90.00 million20.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.74 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

45.00 million8.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

45.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

filipino
isiXhosa

Alternative Names

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

French Name

filipino; pilipino
xhosa

German Name

Pilipino
Xhosa-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

Ethnicity

Filipino people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca

History

Origin

16th Century
16th Century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Filipino
isiXhosa

Language Position

3421
1 120
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Signed Forms

Filipino Sign Language
Signed Xhosa

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No Data Available
xh

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fil
xho

ISO 639 2/B

fil
xho

ISO 639 3

fil
xho

ISO 639 6

fil
xho

Glottocode

fili1244
xhos1239

Linguasphere

No Data Available
99-AUT-fa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
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Filipino and Xhosa Alphabets

Filipino and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Filipino and Xhosa. In Filipino Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Filipino and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Filipino and Xhosa languages. The Filipino phonology consist Filipino vowels and Filipino consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Filipino greetings vs Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Filipino and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Filipino and Xhosa Speaking population

Filipino and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 % 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 Filipino and Xhosa on Filipino vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Filipino and Xhosa Language Codes

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