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Xhosa and Tagalog


Tagalog and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Philippines  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
-  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
43  
32
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Baybayin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
Kamusta  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
Unjani  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
Molo  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
Ndicela  
pakiusap  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
Paálam  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
19.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
isiXhosa  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
xhosa  
tagalog  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
16th Century  
1593  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indonesian  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Filipino  

Language Position
21  
19
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Signed Tagalog  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
xho  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
xho  
tgl  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Xhosa and Tagalog Speaking population

Xhosa and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. 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 Tagalog on Xhosa vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Tagalog Language Codes

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

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