Yoruba

Xhosa

Yoruba and Xhosa

Yoruba

Xhosa

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Countries

Benin, Nigeria

South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

Nigeria

South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Lesotho, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Africa

Minority Language

Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America

Botswana, Lesotho

Regulated By

Yoruba Academy

Interesting Facts

One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.

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.

Similar To

Owo and Itsekiri languages

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2953

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1210

0 32

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How Many Consonants

1743

9 60

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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

Ẹ n lẹ

Molo

Thank You

e dupe

Ndiyabulela

How Are You?

Bawo ni o se wa

Unjani

Good Night

Kasun layọ o

Ulale kakuhle

Good Evening

ka a ale

Ubusuku obuhle

Good Afternoon

e kaasan

Uben' emva kwemini entle

Good Morning

e kaaro

Molo

Please

Jowo

Ndicela

Sorry

binu

Ndicela uxolo

Bye

bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

I Love You

mo nifẹ rẹ

Ndiyakuthanda

Excuse Me

mo tọrọ gafara

Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Itsekiri

Gcaleka

Where They Speak

Nigeria

South Africa

How Many People Speak

500,000.0019,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Ede

Thembu

Where They Speak

Benin, Togo

South Africa

How Many People Speak

800,000.0019,000,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Ulukwumi

Hlubi

Where They Speak

Nigeria

South Africa

How Many People Speak

10,000.0019.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

209

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million20.00 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.11 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

28.00 million8.20 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

30.00 million11.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

Yorùbá

isiXhosa

Alternative Names

Yariba, Yooba

“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa

French Name

yoruba

xhosa

German Name

Yoruba-Sprache

Xhosa-Sprache

Pronunciation

[jòɾùbá]

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

Ethnicity

Yoruba people

amaXhosa, amaBhaca

History

Origin

4 BC

16th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Western Sudanic

Benue-Congo

Branch

Kwa

Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

Yorùbá

isiXhosa

Language Position

4921

1 120

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Signed Forms

Yoruba Sign Language

Signed Xhosa

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

yor

xho

ISO 639 2/B

yor

xho

ISO 639 3

yor

xho

ISO 639 6

yor

xho

Glottocode

yoru1245

xhos1239

Linguasphere

No data available

99-AUT-fa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating

Yoruba and Xhosa Alphabets

Yoruba and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Yoruba and Xhosa. In Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Yoruba and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Yoruba and Xhosa languages. The Yoruba phonology consist Yoruba vowels and Yoruba consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Yoruba greetings vs Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Yoruba and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

All Yoruba and Xhosa Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Yoruba and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Yoruba and Xhosa Speaking population

Yoruba and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Yoruba and Xhosa on Yoruba vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Xhosa Language Codes

Yoruba and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.