Countries
South Africa
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Indonesia
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4316
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
Halo
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Nuhun
How Are You?
Unjani
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
Molo
Wilujeng énjing
Please
Ndicela
Mangga
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Hapunten
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Punten
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Western dialect
Where They Speak
South Africa
Banten
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
South Africa
Bogor
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
South Africa
Bandung
How Many People Speak
19.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
96
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiXhosa
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
xhosa
soundanais
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
16th Century
5th century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indonesian
Branch
Bantu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Sundanese
Language Position
2142
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
sun
ISO 639 2/B
xho
sun
ISO 639 3
xho
sun
ISO 639 6
xho
sun
Glottocode
xhos1239
sund1251
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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