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Xhosa and Hindi


Hindi and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
India  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Central Hindi Directorate  

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 Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Urdu  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Hindi.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
11  
8

How Many Consonants
43  
32
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
Unjani  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
Molo  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
Ndicela  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
240,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
19.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
isiXhosa  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
xhosa  
hindi  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
16th Century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Bantu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
21  
19
5  
5

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
hin  

ISO 639 3
xho  
hin  

ISO 639 6
xho  
hins  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Xhosa and Hindi Speaking population

Xhosa and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Xhosa vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Hindi Language Codes

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