Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
South Africa
National Language
Spain
South Africa
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- 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 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
Gracias
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
Unjani
Good Night
Buenas Noches
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Buenos Días
Molo
Sorry
triste
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
adiós
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Te Quiero
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Mexico
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Thembu
Where They Speak
Cuba
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Español
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
espagnol; castillan
xhosa
German Name
Spanisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
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Ethnicity
Not Available
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
210 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
stan1288
xhos1239
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Spanish 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 Spanish and Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Xhosa language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Spanish vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.