Countries
South Africa
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Ethiopia
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
107
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4331
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
Selam
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Unjani
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Molo
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Ndicela
i'bakwon
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
aznallehu
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
tschao
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Uxolo
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Gondar
Where They Speak
South Africa
Gondar
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Gojjami
Where They Speak
South Africa
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hlubi
Showa
Where They Speak
South Africa
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
19.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
95
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.20 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiXhosa
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
xhosa
amharique
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Amharas
Origin
16th Century
13th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Semitic
Branch
Bantu
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Amharic
Language Position
2155
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
amh
ISO 639 2/B
xho
amh
ISO 639 3
xho
amh
ISO 639 6
xho
amh
Glottocode
xhos1239
amha1245
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional