Xhosa

Malagasy

Xhosa and Malagasy

Xhosa

Malagasy

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Countries

South Africa

Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

South Africa

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Lesotho, South Africa

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho

Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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.

Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.

Similar To

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

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

4320

9 60

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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

Molo

Salama!

Thank You

Ndiyabulela

Misaotra

How Are You?

Unjani

Manao ahoana!

Good Night

Ulale kakuhle

Alina tsara

Good Evening

Ubusuku obuhle

Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

Uben' emva kwemini entle

Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

Molo

Maraina tsara

Please

Ndicela

azafady

Sorry

Ndicela uxolo

Miala tsiny

Bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

Veloma!

I Love You

Ndiyakuthanda

Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

Uxolo

Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gcaleka

Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

South Africa

Merina

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.005,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Thembu

Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

South Africa

Sakalava

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.001,200,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Hlubi

Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

South Africa

How Many People Speak

19.0020,000,000.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

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 %0.28 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

8.20 million18.00 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million18.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

isiXhosa

Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

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

Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

xhosa

malgache

German Name

Xhosa-Sprache

Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

amaXhosa, amaBhaca

Malagasy people

History

Origin

16th Century

1000 AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family

Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo

Austronesian

Branch

Bantu

Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

isiXhosa

standard Malagasy

Language Position

2184

1 120

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Signed Forms

Signed Xhosa

Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

xho

mlg

ISO 639 2/B

xho

mlg

ISO 639 3

xho

mlg

ISO 639 6

xho

mlg

Glottocode

xhos1239

mala1537

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fa

No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

Xhosa and Malagasy Alphabets

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

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

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Xhosa and Malagasy Speaking population

Xhosa and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Xhosa vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Malagasy Language Codes

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