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Xhosa
Xhosa

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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Ethiopia, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Ethiopia

Second Language

Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho
Somalia

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.
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.

Similar To

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Somali Language

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5334
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1010
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

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Molo
akkam

Thank You

Ndiyabulela
Galatoomi

How Are You?

Unjani
Attam jirta/jirtu?

Good Night

Ulale kakuhle
Nagayattii buli

Good Evening

Ubusuku obuhle
Akkam waarite

Good Afternoon

Uben' emva kwemini entle
Attam oolte / ooltan

Good Morning

Molo
Attam bulte/bultan

Please

Ndicela
Maaloo

Sorry

Ndicela uxolo
naa dhiisi

Bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Nagayattii!

I Love You

Ndiyakuthanda
Sin jaaladha

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Maaloo na dabarsi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gcaleka
Borana

Where They Speak

South Africa
Ethiopia, Kenya

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.004,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Thembu
Orma

Where They Speak

South Africa
Kenya

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.0066,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hlubi
Wata

Where They Speak

South Africa
Kenya

How Many People Speak

19.0013,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

917
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 %0.36 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.20 million24.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million35.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiXhosa
Afaan Oromo

Alternative Names

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

French Name

xhosa
galla

German Name

Xhosa-Sprache
Galla-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[ɔrɔmɔ]

Ethnicity

amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Oromos

History

Origin

16th Century
16

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Cushitic

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

isiXhosa
Afaan Oromo

Language Position

2191
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Xhosa
Oromo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

xh
om

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

xho
orm

ISO 639 2/B

xho
orm

ISO 639 3

xho
orm

ISO 639 6

xho
orm

Glottocode

xhos1239
nucl1736

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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Xhosa and Oromo Alphabets

Xhosa and Oromo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Oromo. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters. To learn Xhosa and Oromo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Oromo 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 Oromo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Oromo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Xhosa and Oromo Speaking population

Xhosa and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. 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 Oromo on Xhosa vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Oromo Language Codes

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