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Xhosa Language

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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
Irish
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
43
Rank: 32 (Overall)
German
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Molo
3.2 Thank You
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
Unjani
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
Molo
3.8 Please
Ndicela
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gcaleka
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Thembu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Hlubi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
9
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
20.00 million
Rank: 42 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
0.11 %
Rank: 53 (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
8.20 million
Rank: 52 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
11.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
isiXhosa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
xhosa
5.3.5 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
isiXhosa
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
xh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
xho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
xho
7.3 ISO 639 3
xho
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
xhos1239
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available

Origin of Xhosa language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Xhosa language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Xhosa language states that it was put to use in 16th Century. The history of Xhosa language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Xhosa Language History. Xhosa has no early forms. isiXhosa is the standard form of Xhosa language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Xhosa Language.

Xhosa population

Xhosa population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Xhosa language. Xhosa language is spoken by 20.00 million people in the world. Most of the Xhosa population lies in the Xhosa Speaking Countries. Xhosa language is spoken as first language by 8.20 million people and as second language by about 11.00 million people. Get to know Xhosa speaking population in detail.

Xhosa writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Xhosa writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Xhosa language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Xhosa language. Learn more about . 

Information about Xhosa language

Check out all the information about Xhosa language here. You may find it interesting to learn Xhosa Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Xhosa Speaking Countries, Xhosa speaking continents and Xhosa Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Xhosa countries knowing common Xhosa Greetings will help you in communicating with Xhosa people.