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Amharic and Xhosa


Xhosa and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Not Available   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
31   
21
43   
32

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Molo   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Unjani   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
Molo   

Please
i'bakwon   
Ndicela   

Sorry
aznallehu   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
tschao   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
South Africa   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
9   
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
Not Available   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
amharique   
xhosa   

German Name
Amharisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
13th century   
16th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
isiXhosa   

Language Position
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
xho   

ISO 639 3
amh   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Amharic and Xhosa Speaking population

Amharic and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % 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 Amharic and Xhosa on Amharic vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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