Countries
West Java
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Indonesia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3353
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1643
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
Molo
Thank You
Nuhun
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
Unjani
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
Molo
Please
Mangga
Ndicela
Sorry
Hapunten
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Punten
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Banten
South Africa
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Thembu
Where They Speak
Bogor
South Africa
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Bandung
South Africa
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0019.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
69
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
soundanais
xhosa
German Name
Sundanesisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
5th century AD
16th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sundanese
isiXhosa
Language Position
4221
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
xho
ISO 639 2/B
sun
xho
ISO 639 3
sun
xho
ISO 639 6
sun
xho
Glottocode
sund1251
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
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