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Xhosa
Xhosa

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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

146
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Spain

Second Language

Lesotho, South Africa
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

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Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
French Language

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5327
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4322
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Molo
hola

Thank You

Ndiyabulela
Gracias

How Are You?

Unjani
Cómo estás?

Good Night

Ulale kakuhle
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

Ubusuku obuhle
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

Uben' emva kwemini entle
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

Molo
Buenos Días

Please

Ndicela
Por Favor

Sorry

Ndicela uxolo
triste

Bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
adiós

I Love You

Ndiyakuthanda
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gcaleka
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

South Africa
Mexico

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Thembu
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

South Africa
Cuba

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hlubi
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

South Africa
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

19.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

921
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.20 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiXhosa
Español

Alternative Names

“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

xhosa
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Xhosa-Sprache
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Spanish people

History

Origin

16th Century
210 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Romance

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

isiXhosa
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

212
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Xhosa
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

xh
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

xho
spa

ISO 639 2/B

xho
spa

ISO 639 3

xho
spa

ISO 639 6

xho
spa

Glottocode

xhos1239
stan1288

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fa
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Xhosa and Spanish Alphabets

Xhosa and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Spanish. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Xhosa and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Xhosa and Spanish Speaking population

Xhosa and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Xhosa vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Spanish Language Codes

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