Countries
South Africa
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Haiti
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Cuba
Regulated By
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Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
French Language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5329
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
107
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4320
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
Bonjou
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Mèsi
How Are You?
Unjani
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Bon nwit
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
Molo
Bon apre-midi
Please
Ndicela
Souple
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Dezole
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Babay
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
South Africa
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Thembu
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
South Africa
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
South Africa
Cayes
How Many People Speak
19.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
93
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiXhosa
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
xhosa
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Haitians
Origin
16th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Haitian Creole
Language Position
2199
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
hat
ISO 639 2/B
xho
hat
ISO 639 3
xho
hat
ISO 639 6
xho
hat
Glottocode
xhos1239
hait1244
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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