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Xhosa
Xhosa

Igbo
Igbo



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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Nigeria

Second Language

Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho
Equatorial Guinea

Regulated By

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Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.

Similar To

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5336
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

108
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4328
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 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Molo
kedụ

Thank You

Ndiyabulela
dalụ

How Are You?

Unjani
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night

Ulale kakuhle
ka chi fo

Good Evening

Ubusuku obuhle
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon

Uben' emva kwemini entle
ehihie ọma

Good Morning

Molo
ụtụtụ ọma

Please

Ndicela
Biko

Sorry

Ndicela uxolo
Ndo

Bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Kachifo

I Love You

Ndiyakuthanda
a hụrụ m gị n'anya

Excuse Me

Uxolo
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gcaleka
Enuani

Where They Speak

South Africa
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Thembu
Ngwa

Where They Speak

South Africa
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hlubi
Not present

Where They Speak

South Africa
-

How Many People Speak

19.0024.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

920
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.09 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.20 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million24.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiXhosa
igbo

Alternative Names

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

French Name

xhosa
igbo

German Name

Xhosa-Sprache
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity

amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Igbo people

History

Origin

16th Century
30th Century BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Kwa

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

isiXhosa
Standard Igbo

Language Position

2157
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Xhosa
Igbo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

xh
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

xho
ibo

ISO 639 2/B

xho
ibo

ISO 639 3

xho
ibo

ISO 639 6

xho
ibo

Glottocode

xhos1239
nucl1417

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fa
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

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Agglutinative

Xhosa and Igbo Alphabets

Xhosa and Igbo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Igbo. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Xhosa and Igbo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Igbo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Xhosa and Igbo Speaking population

Xhosa and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Xhosa vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Igbo Language Codes

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