Countries
South Africa
India
National Language
South Africa
India
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Bengali Language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Molo
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Unjani
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
Molo
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
Ndicela
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
South Africa
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Where They Speak
South Africa
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Where They Speak
South Africa
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Native Name
isiXhosa
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
xhosa
goudjrati
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Gujaratis
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Modern Gujarati
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Signed Gujarati
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
xhos1239
guja1252
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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All Xhosa and Gujarati 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 Gujarati dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Gujarati language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Gujarati Dialects are spoken in different Gujarati speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Gujarati Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi , Kharwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Xhosa and Gujarati Speaking population
Xhosa and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Xhosa vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Gujarati Language Codes
Xhosa and Gujarati language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Gujarati Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.