Italian

Xhosa

Italian and Xhosa

Italian

Xhosa

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Countries

Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City

South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City

South Africa

Second Language

Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia

Lesotho, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Europe

Africa

Minority Language

Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia

Botswana, Lesotho

Regulated By

Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)

Interesting Facts

One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.

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

French and Portuguese Languages

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Derived From

Latin

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2153

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510

0 32

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How Many Consonants

1643

9 60

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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

ciao

Molo

Thank You

grazie

Ndiyabulela

How Are You?

Come stai?

Unjani

Good Night

buonanotte

Ulale kakuhle

Good Evening

buonasera

Ubusuku obuhle

Good Afternoon

buon pomeriggio

Uben' emva kwemini entle

Good Morning

buongiorno

Molo

Please

Per Favore

Ndicela

Sorry

scusate

Ndicela uxolo

Bye

arrivederci

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

I Love You

Ti amo

Ndiyakuthanda

Excuse Me

Scusami

Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Romanesco

Gcaleka

Where They Speak

Lazio

South Africa

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0019,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Central Italian

Thembu

Where They Speak

Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria

South Africa

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.0019,000,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Tuscan

Hlubi

Where They Speak

Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria

South Africa

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.0019.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

159

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million20.00 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

0.90 %0.11 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

64.00 million8.20 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

14.00 million11.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

Italiano

isiXhosa

Alternative Names

Italiano

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

French Name

italien

xhosa

German Name

Italienisch

Xhosa-Sprache

Pronunciation

[itaˈljaːno]

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

Ethnicity

Italians

amaXhosa, amaBhaca

History

Origin

960 BC

16th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Romance

Benue-Congo

Branch

Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

Italian

isiXhosa

Language Position

2721

1 120

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Signed Forms

italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"

Signed Xhosa

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ita

xho

ISO 639 2/B

ita

xho

ISO 639 3

ita

xho

ISO 639 6

itas

xho

Glottocode

ital1282

xhos1239

Linguasphere

51-AAA-q

99-AUT-fa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic

Italian and Xhosa Alphabets

Italian and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Italian and Xhosa. In Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Italian and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Italian and Xhosa languages. The Italian phonology consist Italian vowels and Italian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Italian greetings vs Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Italian and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

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Italian and Xhosa Speaking population

Italian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Xhosa on Italian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Xhosa Language Codes

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