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Xhosa
Xhosa

French
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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

132
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
France

Second Language

Lesotho, South Africa
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

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Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Italian Language

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

106
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4320
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Molo
bonjour

Thank You

Ndiyabulela
Merci

How Are You?

Unjani
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Ulale kakuhle
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

Ubusuku obuhle
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

Uben' emva kwemini entle
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

Molo
Bonjour

Please

Ndicela
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

Ndicela uxolo
désolé

Bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
au revoir

I Love You

Ndiyakuthanda
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gcaleka
Quebec French

Where They Speak

South Africa
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Thembu
African French

Where They Speak

South Africa
Africa

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hlubi
Swiss French

Where They Speak

South Africa
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

19.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

925
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.20 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiXhosa
français

Alternative Names

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

French Name

xhosa
français

German Name

Xhosa-Sprache
Französisch

Pronunciation

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

amaXhosa, amaBhaca
French people

History

Origin

16th Century
9th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Romance

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

isiXhosa
Standard French

Language Position

2113
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Xhosa
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

xh
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

xho
fra

ISO 639 2/B

xho
fre

ISO 639 3

xho
fra

ISO 639 6

xho
fras

Glottocode

xhos1239
stan1290

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fa
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Xhosa and French Alphabets

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

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

Xhosa and French Speaking population

Xhosa and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and French languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Xhosa vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and French Language Codes

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