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Xhosa
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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Assam, India

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Assam, India

Second Language

Lesotho, South Africa
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Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho
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Regulated By

-
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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.
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.

Similar To

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5345
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1020
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4325
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Devanagari

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks34 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Molo
नमस्कार

Thank You

Ndiyabulela
धन्यवाद

How Are You?

Unjani
Nungni khabora ma?

Good Night

Ulale kakuhle
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)

Good Evening

Ubusuku obuhle
बोडो

Good Afternoon

Uben' emva kwemini entle
अन्धानि बार

Good Morning

Molo
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)

Please

Ndicela
अननानै (Onnanwi)

Sorry

Ndicela uxolo
दु:खित

Bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Lwrbw

I Love You

Ndiyakuthanda
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)

Excuse Me

Uxolo
दु:खित

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gcaleka
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect

Where They Speak

South Africa
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Thembu
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect

Where They Speak

South Africa
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hlubi
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect

Where They Speak

South Africa
Assam, India, Nepal

How Many People Speak

19.001,300,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

93
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million0.60 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.20 million0.60 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiXhosa
बड़ो (boṛo)

Alternative Names

“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci

French Name

xhosa
bodo

German Name

Xhosa-Sprache
Bodo

Pronunciation

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[bɔɽo]

Ethnicity

amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)

History

Origin

16th Century
1913

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
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Standard Forms

isiXhosa
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Language Position

2130
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Xhosa
Signed Bodo

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

xh
br

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

xho
brx

ISO 639 2/B

xho
brx

ISO 639 3

xho
brx

ISO 639 6

xho
brx

Glottocode

xhos1239
bodo1269

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fa
59-AAB

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

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Xhosa and Bodo Alphabets

Xhosa and Bodo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Bodo. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Bodo Alphabets there are 45 letters. To learn Xhosa and Bodo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Bodo 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 Bodo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Bodo are Most Spoken Languages.

All Xhosa and Bodo 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 Bodo dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Bodo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Bodo Dialects are spoken in different Bodo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Bodo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Bodo dialects include: (Sønabari) Western Boro dialect , (Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Xhosa and Bodo Speaking population

Xhosa and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bodo language is 0.01 %. 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 Bodo on Xhosa vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Bodo Language Codes

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