Countries
South Africa
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
South Africa
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
شكرا
How Are You?
Unjani
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
مساء الخير
Good Morning
Molo
صباح الخير
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
وداعا
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
أحبك
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
South Africa
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Dialect 2
Thembu
Sudanese
Where They Speak
South Africa
Sudan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Levantine
Where They Speak
South Africa
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
isiXhosa
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Arabisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Arabs
Origin
16th Century
512 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Semitic
Branch
Bantu
North Arabic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Modern Standard Arabic
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
xhos1239
arab1395
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Xhosa and Arabic Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Xhosa and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Arabic language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Arabic Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Xhosa and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.