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Xhosa
Xhosa

Cebuano
Cebuano



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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Philippines

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Philippines

Second Language

Lesotho, South Africa
Philippines

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters

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.
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.

Similar To

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Hiligaynon Language

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Island of Cebu

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5321
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4316
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks3 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Molo
Hoy

Thank You

Ndiyabulela
Salamat

How Are You?

Unjani
Kumusta man ka?

Good Night

Ulale kakuhle
Maayong Gabii

Good Evening

Ubusuku obuhle
Maayong Gabii

Good Afternoon

Uben' emva kwemini entle
Maayong Hapon

Good Morning

Molo
Maayong Buntag

Please

Ndicela
Palihug

Sorry

Ndicela uxolo
Ikasubo ko

Bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Babay

I Love You

Ndiyakuthanda
Gihigugma ko ikaw

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Ekskyus mi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gcaleka
Boholano

Where They Speak

South Africa
Bohol

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Thembu
Southern Kana

Where They Speak

South Africa
southern Leyte

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hlubi
North Kana

Where They Speak

South Africa
northern part of Leyte

How Many People Speak

19.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

94
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million20.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.32 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.20 million21.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million14.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiXhosa
Visayan

Alternative Names

“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan

French Name

xhosa
cebuano

German Name

Xhosa-Sprache
Cebuano

Pronunciation

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[sɛbuˈɑno]

Ethnicity

amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Cebuano people

History

Origin

16th Century
16th century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
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Branch

Bantu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

isiXhosa
Standard Cebuano

Language Position

2162
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Xhosa
Cebuano Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

xh
No data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

xho
ceb

ISO 639 2/B

xho
ceb

ISO 639 3

xho
ceb

ISO 639 6

xho
ceb

Glottocode

xhos1239
cebu1242

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fa
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
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Xhosa and Cebuano Alphabets

Xhosa and Cebuano Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Cebuano. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Cebuano Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Xhosa and Cebuano languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Cebuano are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Xhosa and Cebuano Speaking population

Xhosa and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Cebuano on Xhosa vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Cebuano Language Codes

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