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Xhosa vs Tagalog


Tagalog vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Philippines   

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa   
Filipinos   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Australia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
43   
32
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Baybayin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
Kamusta   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
Salamat po   

How Are You?
Unjani   
Kamusta ka na?   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
Magandang gabi   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
Magandang gabi po   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
Magandang hapon po   

Good Morning
Molo   
Magandang umaga po   

Please
Ndicela   
pakiusap   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
pinagsisisihan   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
Paálam   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
Iniibig kita   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Batangas Tagalog   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Batangas, Gabon   

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Bisalog   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Philippines   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Filipino   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million   
99+
73.00 million   
24

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
45.00 million   
13

Native Name
isiXhosa   
Tagalog   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Filipino, Pilipino   

French Name
xhosa   
tagalog   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Tagalog   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Tagalog people   

History

Origin
16th Century   
1593   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indonesian   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Filipino   

Language Position
Not Available   
58   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
t1   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
tgl   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
tgl   

ISO 639 3
xho   
tg1   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
taga1269   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
31-CKA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Xhosa and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Tagalog language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Xhosa and Tagalog Language History.

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Xhosa and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Tagalog language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Xhosa vs Tagalog Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.

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