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Xhosa
Xhosa

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Italian



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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City

Total No. Of Countries

17
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City

Second Language

Lesotho, South Africa
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia

Regulated By

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Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)

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.
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.

Similar To

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
French and Portuguese Languages

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5321
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4316
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Molo
ciao

Thank You

Ndiyabulela
grazie

How Are You?

Unjani
Come stai?

Good Night

Ulale kakuhle
buonanotte

Good Evening

Ubusuku obuhle
buonasera

Good Afternoon

Uben' emva kwemini entle
buon pomeriggio

Good Morning

Molo
buongiorno

Please

Ndicela
Per Favore

Sorry

Ndicela uxolo
scusate

Bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
arrivederci

I Love You

Ndiyakuthanda
Ti amo

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Scusami

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gcaleka
Romanesco

Where They Speak

South Africa
Lazio

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Thembu
Central Italian

Where They Speak

South Africa
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hlubi
Tuscan

Where They Speak

South Africa
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

19.0069,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

915
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.20 million64.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million14.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiXhosa
Italiano

Alternative Names

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

French Name

xhosa
italien

German Name

Xhosa-Sprache
Italienisch

Pronunciation

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[itaˈljaːno]

Ethnicity

amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Italians

History

Origin

16th Century
960 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Romance

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

isiXhosa
Italian

Language Position

2127
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Xhosa
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

xh
it

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

xho
ita

ISO 639 2/B

xho
ita

ISO 639 3

xho
ita

ISO 639 6

xho
itas

Glottocode

xhos1239
ital1282

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fa
51-AAA-q

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Xhosa and Italian Alphabets

Xhosa and Italian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Italian. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Xhosa and Italian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Italian 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 Italian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Italian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Xhosa and Italian Speaking population

Xhosa and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Xhosa vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Italian Language Codes

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