Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
South Africa
National Language
France
South Africa
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
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
Merci
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Unjani
Good Night
bonne Nuit
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
bonsoir
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Bonjour
Molo
Please
S'il vous plaît
Ndicela
Sorry
désolé
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
au revoir
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Je t'aime
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
African French
Thembu
Where They Speak
Africa
South Africa
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
français
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Français
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
français
xhosa
German Name
Französisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
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Ethnicity
Not Available
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
9th Century
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
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Glottocode
stan1290
xhos1239
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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French 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 French and Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Xhosa language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common French Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Xhosa Difficulty
The French vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.