Countries
South Africa
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
India, Pakistan
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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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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5344
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1017
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4327
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
Unjani
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
Molo
Hach ch'i
Please
Ndicela
مهربانی کر
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
Uxolo
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
South Africa
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Poguli
Where They Speak
South Africa
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hlubi
Rambani
Where They Speak
South Africa
India
How Many People Speak
19.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
94
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.20 million5.42 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiXhosa
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
xhosa
kashmiri
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
16th Century
12th 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
Kashmiri
Language Position
2123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
kas
ISO 639 2/B
xho
kas
ISO 639 3
xho
kas
ISO 639 6
xho
kas
Glottocode
xhos1239
kash1277
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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