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Xhosa
Xhosa

Arabic
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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Total No. Of Countries

123
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Second Language

Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

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.
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.

Similar To

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Amharic and Hebrew

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5328
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

108
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4328
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic

Writing Direction

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Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Molo
مرحبا

Thank You

Ndiyabulela
شكرا

How Are You?

Unjani
كيف حالك؟

Good Night

Ulale kakuhle
تصبح على خير

Good Evening

Ubusuku obuhle
مساء الخير

Good Afternoon

Uben' emva kwemini entle
مساء الخير

Good Morning

Molo
صباح الخير

Please

Ndicela
من فضلك

Sorry

Ndicela uxolo
آسف

Bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
وداعا

I Love You

Ndiyakuthanda
أحبك

Excuse Me

Uxolo
اعذرني

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gcaleka
Maghrebi

Where They Speak

South Africa
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.00310,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Thembu
Sudanese

Where They Speak

South Africa
Sudan

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.0017,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hlubi
Levantine

Where They Speak

South Africa
Cyprus, Levant

How Many People Speak

19.0021,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

926
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million452.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %4.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.20 million206.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million246.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiXhosa
(al arabiya) العربية

Alternative Names

“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic

French Name

xhosa
arabe

German Name

Xhosa-Sprache
Arabisch

Pronunciation

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/

Ethnicity

amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Arabs

History

Origin

16th Century
512 CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Semitic

Branch

Bantu
North Arabic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

isiXhosa
Modern Standard Arabic

Language Position

2125
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Xhosa
Signed Arabic

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

xh
ar

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

xho
ara

ISO 639 2/B

xho
ara

ISO 639 3

xho
ara

ISO 639 6

xho
ara

Glottocode

xhos1239
arab1395

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fa
12-AAC

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Xhosa and Arabic Alphabets

Xhosa and Arabic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Arabic. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Xhosa and Arabic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Arabic languages. The Xhosa phonology consist Xhosa vowels and Xhosa consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Xhosa greetings vs Arabic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Arabic are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Xhosa and Arabic Speaking population

Xhosa and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Xhosa and Arabic on Xhosa vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Arabic Language Codes

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