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Xhosa
Xhosa

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Navajo



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Countries

Countries

South Africa
United States of America

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
United States of America

Second Language

Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
North America

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.
  • Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
  • Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.

Similar To

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Apache Language

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5336
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1012
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4334
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Molo
Yá'át'ééh

Thank You

Ndiyabulela
Ahéhee'

How Are You?

Unjani
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?

Good Night

Ulale kakuhle
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'

Good Evening

Ubusuku obuhle
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní

Good Afternoon

Uben' emva kwemini entle
Yá'át'ééh

Good Morning

Molo
Yá'át'ééh abíní

Please

Ndicela
T'aa shoodi

Sorry

Ndicela uxolo
Nízhdził

Bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Hágoónee’

I Love You

Ndiyakuthanda
Ayóó ánííníshí

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Shoohá

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gcaleka
Navajo1

Where They Speak

South Africa
Arizona

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Thembu
Navajo2

Where They Speak

South Africa
New Mexico

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.00170,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hlubi
Navajo3

Where They Speak

South Africa
Utah

How Many People Speak

19.00120,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

94
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million1.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.20 million1.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million0.17 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiXhosa
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí

Alternative Names

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

French Name

xhosa
navaho

German Name

Xhosa-Sprache
Navajo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]

Ethnicity

amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Navajo people

History

Origin

16th Century
1500 CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Athapascan

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

isiXhosa
Navajo

Language Position

2129
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Xhosa
Navajo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

xh
nv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

xho
nav

ISO 639 2/B

xho
nav

ISO 639 3

xho
nav

ISO 639 6

xho
nav

Glottocode

xhos1239
nava1243

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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Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic

Xhosa and Navajo Alphabets

Xhosa and Navajo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Navajo. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Navajo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Xhosa and Navajo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Navajo 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 Navajo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Navajo are Most Spoken Languages.

All Xhosa and Navajo 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 Navajo dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Navajo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Navajo Dialects are spoken in different Navajo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Navajo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Navajo dialects include: Navajo1 , Navajo2. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Xhosa and Navajo Speaking population

Xhosa and Navajo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Navajo languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Navajo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Navajo language is 0.05 %. 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 Navajo on Xhosa vs Navajo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Navajo Language Codes

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