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Afrikaans and Xhosa


Xhosa and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
South Africa   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • 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
Dutch Language   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
10   
7

How Many Consonants
17   
7
43   
32

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Molo   

Thank You
Dankie   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
Unjani   

Good Night
goeie nag   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
goeie more   
Molo   

Please
asseblief   
Ndicela   

Sorry
jammer   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
Not Available   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
South Africa   

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
Afrikaans   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
afrikaans   
xhosa   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
17th Century   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Western   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
isiXhosa   

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
xho   

ISO 639 3
afr   
xho   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Not Available   

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All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Xhosa Speaking population

Afrikaans and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available 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 Afrikaans and Xhosa on Afrikaans vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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