Xhosa

Yoruba

Xhosa and Yoruba

Xhosa

Yoruba

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Countries

South Africa

Benin, Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

South Africa

Nigeria

Second Language

Lesotho, South Africa

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho

Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Yoruba Academy

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 largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.

Similar To

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Owo and Itsekiri languages

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5329

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1012

0 32

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How Many Consonants

4317

9 60

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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

Molo

Ẹ n lẹ

Thank You

Ndiyabulela

e dupe

How Are You?

Unjani

Bawo ni o se wa

Good Night

Ulale kakuhle

Kasun layọ o

Good Evening

Ubusuku obuhle

ka a ale

Good Afternoon

Uben' emva kwemini entle

e kaasan

Good Morning

Molo

e kaaro

Please

Ndicela

Jowo

Sorry

Ndicela uxolo

binu

Bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

bye

I Love You

Ndiyakuthanda

mo nifẹ rẹ

Excuse Me

Uxolo

mo tọrọ gafara

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gcaleka

Itsekiri

Where They Speak

South Africa

Nigeria

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.00500,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Thembu

Ede

Where They Speak

South Africa

Benin, Togo

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.00800,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Hlubi

Ulukwumi

Where They Speak

South Africa

Nigeria

How Many People Speak

19.0010,000.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

920

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million30.00 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.42 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

8.20 million28.00 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million30.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

isiXhosa

Yorùbá

Alternative Names

“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa

Yariba, Yooba

French Name

xhosa

yoruba

German Name

Xhosa-Sprache

Yoruba-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

[jòɾùbá]

Ethnicity

amaXhosa, amaBhaca

Yoruba people

History

Origin

16th Century

4 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo

Western Sudanic

Branch

Bantu

Kwa

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

isiXhosa

Yorùbá

Language Position

2149

1 120

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Signed Forms

Signed Xhosa

Yoruba Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

xho

yor

ISO 639 2/B

xho

yor

ISO 639 3

xho

yor

ISO 639 6

xho

yor

Glottocode

xhos1239

yoru1245

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fa

No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating

Xhosa and Yoruba Alphabets

Xhosa and Yoruba Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Yoruba. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Xhosa and Yoruba languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Yoruba are Most Spoken Languages.

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

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Xhosa and Yoruba Speaking population

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

Xhosa and Yoruba Language Codes

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