Countries
South Africa
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Hindi Language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5353
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
109
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4341
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Unjani
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
Molo
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
Ndicela
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Pothohari
Where They Speak
South Africa
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Saraiki
Where They Speak
South Africa
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hlubi
Doabi
Where They Speak
South Africa
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
19.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
930
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.20 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiXhosa
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
xhosa
pendjabi
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Punjabis
Origin
16th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
2123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
xh
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
pan
ISO 639 2/B
xho
pan
ISO 639 3
xho
pan
ISO 639 6
xho
panj
Glottocode
xhos1239
panj1256
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional