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Xhosa
Xhosa

Quechua
Quechua



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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Total No. Of Countries

16
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru

Second Language

Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
South 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.
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.

Similar To

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Aymara and Guarani Languages

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5331
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4326
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Molo
Rimaykullayki

Thank You

Ndiyabulela
Solpayki

How Are You?

Unjani
Allillanchu

Good Night

Ulale kakuhle
Allin tuta

Good Evening

Ubusuku obuhle
Wuynas nuchis

Good Afternoon

Uben' emva kwemini entle
Wuynas tardis

Good Morning

Molo
Wuynus diyas

Please

Ndicela
jamuspa

Sorry

Ndicela uxolo
Pampachaykuway

Bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
bye

I Love You

Ndiyakuthanda
Kuyayki

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Pampachaway

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gcaleka
Ancash

Where They Speak

South Africa
Peru

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.00920,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Thembu
Huánuco

Where They Speak

South Africa
Peru

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.00190,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hlubi
Yaru

Where They Speak

South Africa
Peru

How Many People Speak

19.00150,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

910
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million8.90 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.20 million8.90 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million8.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiXhosa
Qhichwa

Alternative Names

“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
North La Paz Quechua

French Name

xhosa
quechua

German Name

Xhosa-Sprache
Quechua-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[ˈketʃwa]

Ethnicity

amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Quechua

History

Origin

16th Century
16th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Quechumaran Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Andean Equatorial

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

isiXhosa
Quechua

Language Position

2123
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Xhosa
Signed Quechua

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

xh
qu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

xho
que

ISO 639 2/B

xho
que

ISO 639 3

xho
que

ISO 639 6

xho
que

Glottocode

xhos1239
quec1387

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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Agglutinative, Synthetic

Xhosa and Quechua Alphabets

Xhosa and Quechua Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Quechua. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Quechua Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Xhosa and Quechua languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Quechua 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 Quechua greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Quechua are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Xhosa and Quechua Speaking population

Xhosa and Quechua speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Quechua languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Quechua Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Quechua language is 0.13 %. 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 Quechua on Xhosa vs Quechua where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Quechua Language Codes

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