Countries
South Africa
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Ireland
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
United Kingdom
Regulated By
-
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5318
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4313
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Molo
Dia dhuit
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Unjani
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
Molo
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Ndicela
le do thoil
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Tá brón orm
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Slán
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
South Africa
Connacht
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Thembu
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
South Africa
Munster
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
South Africa
Ulster
How Many People Speak
19.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
94
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiXhosa
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
xhosa
irlandais moyen
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Irish people
Origin
16th Century
c. 750
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Celtic
Branch
Bantu
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
2125
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
gle
ISO 639 2/B
xho
gle
ISO 639 3
xho
gle
ISO 639 6
xho
gle
Glottocode
xhos1239
iris1253
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional