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Xhosa
Xhosa

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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

133
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Lesotho, South Africa
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho
South Africa

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4321
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

37
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Molo
Hello

Thank You

Ndiyabulela
Thank you

How Are You?

Unjani
How are you?

Good Night

Ulale kakuhle
Good Night

Good Evening

Ubusuku obuhle
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

Molo
Good Morning

Please

Ndicela
Please

Sorry

Ndicela uxolo
Sorry

Bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Bye

I Love You

Ndiyakuthanda
I love you

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gcaleka
American English

Where They Speak

South Africa
United States of America

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Thembu
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

South Africa
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hlubi
Welsh English

Where They Speak

South Africa
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

19.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

9188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.20 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiXhosa
English

Alternative Names

“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
English

French Name

xhosa
anglais

German Name

Xhosa-Sprache
Englisch

Pronunciation

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

amaXhosa, amaBhaca
English people

History

Origin

16th Century
5th Century AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
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Branch

Bantu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

isiXhosa
Standard English

Language Position

213
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Xhosa
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

xh
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

xho
eng

ISO 639 2/B

xho
eng

ISO 639 3

xho
eng

ISO 639 6

xho
engs

Glottocode

xhos1239
stan1293

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fa
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Xhosa and English Alphabets

Xhosa and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and English. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Xhosa and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and English 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 English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and English are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Xhosa and English Speaking population

Xhosa and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and English languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Xhosa vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and English Language Codes

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