Countries
South Africa
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Malaysia
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Thailand
Regulated By
-
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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 politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
106
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4324
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
Hai
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
terima kasih
How Are You?
Unjani
Apa khabar?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
Molo
Selamat pagi
Please
Ndicela
sila
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
maaf
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
South Africa
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Pekal
Where They Speak
South Africa
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Musi
Where They Speak
South Africa
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
19.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
924
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiXhosa
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
xhosa
malais
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Malaysian people
Origin
16th Century
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
2154
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
msa
ISO 639 2/B
xho
may
ISO 639 3
xho
zsm
ISO 639 6
xho
may
Glottocode
xhos1239
stan1306
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative