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
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
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Sorry
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Bye
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
I love you
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
American English
Where They Speak
South Africa
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Thembu
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
South Africa
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Welsh English
Where They Speak
South Africa
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
isiXhosa
English
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Not Available
French Name
xhosa
anglais
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Not Available
Origin
16th Century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
xhos1239
stan1293
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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.