Countries
South Africa
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Munda Language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5330
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
106
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4321
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
Henda ho
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Unjani
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Molo
Boge Setak’
Please
Ndicela
দয়া করে
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
দুঃখিত
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Hariau
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Uxolo
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Mahali
Where They Speak
South Africa
India
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Not present
Where They Speak
South Africa
-
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hlubi
Not present
Where They Speak
South Africa
-
How Many People Speak
19.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
91
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiXhosa
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
xhosa
santal
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
16th Century
20th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Santali
Language Position
2141
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
sat
ISO 639 2/B
xho
sat
ISO 639 3
xho
sat
ISO 639 6
xho
sat
Glottocode
xhos1239
sant1410
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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