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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
10
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
South Africa
Portugal
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
United States of America
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
1.8 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.
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Spanish and Galician Languages
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
23
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
9
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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43
Rank: 32 (Overall)
19
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Molo
Olá
3.2 Thank You
Ndiyabulela
obrigado
3.3 How Are You?
Unjani
Como você está?
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
boa noite
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
boa Noite
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
boa Tarde
3.7 Good Morning
Molo
bom Dia
3.8 Please
Ndicela
Por Favor
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
pesaroso
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
tchau
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Eu te amo
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
desculpe me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Brazilian Portuguese
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Brazil
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
204,000,000.00
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Thembu
European Portuguese
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Portugal
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
10,000,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Hlubi
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Daman and Diu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
4,000.00
Rank: 36 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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9
Rank: 9 (Overall)
26
Rank: 22 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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20.00 million
Rank: 42 (Overall)
231.00 million
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.11 %
Rank: 53 (Overall)
3.27 %
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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8.20 million
Rank: 52 (Overall)
216.00 million
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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11.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall)
15.00 million
Rank: 18 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
isiXhosa
Português
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Português
5.3.4 French Name
xhosa
portugais
5.3.5 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Portugiesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
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[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Portuguese people or portugueses
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
3rd Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Romance
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
6.3.2 Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Portuguese
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 6 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Signed Portuguese
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
xh
pt
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
xho
por
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
xho
por
7.3 ISO 639 3
xho
por
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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7.5 Glottocode
xhos1239
port1283
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
51-AAA-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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Xhosa and Portuguese Alphabets

Xhosa and Portuguese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Portuguese. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn Xhosa and Portuguese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Portuguese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Xhosa and Portuguese Speaking population

Xhosa and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Xhosa vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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