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South Africa
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South Africa
Lesotho, South Africa
Africa
Botswana, Lesotho
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  • 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.
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
 
South Africa
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South Africa
Namibia, South Africa
Africa
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Dutch Language
Dutch Language

Xhosa vs Afrikaans Countries

Comparing Xhosa vs Afrikaans countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Xhosa and Afrikaans languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Xhosa is official language is whereas total number of countries where Afrikaans is official language is

Find if Xhosa and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Xhosa and Afrikaans speaking countries will give you the presence of Xhosa and Afrikaans languages in different countries. Along with Xhosa vs Afrikaans countries, you can also compare Xhosa vs Afrikaans.

Xhosa and Afrikaans as Minority Language

In Xhosa and Afrikaans speaking countries you will get the countries which have Xhosa and Afrikaans as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Xhosa as minority language: .
  • Afrikaans as minority language: .

If you want to compare Xhosa and Afrikaans dialects, then you can go to Xhosa vs Afrikaans. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Xhosa and Afrikaans Regulators

Xhosa and Afrikaans speaking countries provide you Xhosa and Afrikaans regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. regulates Xhosa language.Afrikaans is regulated by . Also get to learn, Xhosa vs Afrikaans.

Xhosa and Afrikaans Continents

Thinking about Xhosa and Afrikaans continents in which Xhosa and Afrikaans speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Xhosa and Afrikaans. Most of the Xhosa speaking countries lie in . While Afrikaans speaking countries lie in . Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Xhosa and Afrikaans languages:

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The Xhosa language was derived from and is similar to whereas Xhosa language is similar to and derived from .