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Malaysian and Xhosa


Xhosa and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Malaysia  
South Africa  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Lesotho, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Botswana, Lesotho  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
24  
14
43  
32

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
Molo  

Thank You
terima kasih  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
Unjani  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
Molo  

Please
sila  
Ndicela  

Sorry
maaf  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Musi  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
19.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
malais  
xhosa  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]  

Ethnicity
Malaysian people  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
16th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
isiXhosa  

Language Position
54  
99+
21  
19

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
xho  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
xho  

ISO 639 6
may  
xho  

Glottocode
stan1306  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Malaysian and Xhosa Speaking population

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

Malaysian and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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