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Indonesian and Xhosa


Xhosa and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  
-  

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

Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
19  
9
43  
32

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
19.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
11.00 million  
39

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  

History

Origin
7th Century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
isiXhosa  

Language Position
56  
99+
21  
19

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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

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Indonesian and Xhosa Speaking population

Indonesian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Xhosa on Indonesian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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