Countries
South Africa
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Dagbani Language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
108
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4316
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
Kia ora
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Laafi bala
How Are You?
Unjani
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Kia ora
Good Morning
Molo
Ne y yibeogo
Please
Ndicela
gafare
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
gafare
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
South Africa
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Saremde
Where They Speak
South Africa
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hlubi
Taolende
Where They Speak
South Africa
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
19.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
98
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.20 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiXhosa
Mosse
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
xhosa
moré
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Mossi
Origin
16th Century
11th Century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Western Sudanic
Branch
Bantu
Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Mossi
Language Position
2137
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
mos
ISO 639 2/B
xho
mos
ISO 639 3
xho
mos
ISO 639 6
xho
mos
Glottocode
xhos1239
moss1236
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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