Countries
Indonesia
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
South Africa
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
610
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1943
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
73
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Molo
Thank You
Terima kasih
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
Unjani
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
Molo
Please
mohon Untuk
Ndicela
Sorry
maaf
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Permisi
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Indonesia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Balinese
Thembu
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
South Africa
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
469
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
163.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
23.00 million8.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
140.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
indonésien
xhosa
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
7th Century
16th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Malay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
isiXhosa
Language Position
5621
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
id
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ind
xho
ISO 639 2/B
ind
xho
ISO 639 3
ind
xho
ISO 639 6
ind
xho
Glottocode
indo1316
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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