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Xhosa
Xhosa

Ilocano
Ilocano



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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Philippines

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Philippines

Second Language

Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Commission on the Filipino Language

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.
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.

Similar To

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5332
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
Ilokano Braille, Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Molo
Kablaaw

Thank You

Ndiyabulela
Agyamanak

How Are You?

Unjani
Kumusta?

Good Night

Ulale kakuhle
Naimbag a rabii

Good Evening

Ubusuku obuhle
Naimbag a sardam

Good Afternoon

Uben' emva kwemini entle
Naimbag a malem

Good Morning

Molo
Naimbag a bigat

Please

Ndicela
mangngegda

Sorry

Ndicela uxolo
Agpakawanak

Bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Pakada

I Love You

Ndiyakuthanda
Ayayatenka

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Maawan-dayawen

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gcaleka
Balangao

Where They Speak

South Africa
Philippines

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.0021,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Thembu
Bontoc

Where They Speak

South Africa
Philippines

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.0041,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hlubi
Not present

Where They Speak

South Africa
Not present

How Many People Speak

19.008,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

92
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million9.10 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.20 million9.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiXhosa
ilokano

Alternative Names

“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Ilokano, Iloko

French Name

xhosa
ilocano

German Name

Xhosa-Sprache
Ilokano-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[iːloˈkɑno]

Ethnicity

amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Ilocano people

History

Origin

16th Century
18th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
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Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

isiXhosa
Modern Ilocano

Language Position

2194
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Xhosa
Ilocano Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

xh
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

xho
ilo

ISO 639 2/B

xho
ilo

ISO 639 3

xho
ilo

ISO 639 6

xho
ilo

Glottocode

xhos1239
ilok1237

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fa
31-CBA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

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Xhosa and Ilocano Alphabets

Xhosa and Ilocano Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Ilocano. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Ilocano Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Xhosa and Ilocano languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Ilocano 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 Ilocano greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Ilocano are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Xhosa and Ilocano Speaking population

Xhosa and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 %. 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 Ilocano on Xhosa vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Ilocano Language Codes

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