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Amharic vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs 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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Amharic and Xhosa Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Xhosa language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century. 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 Amharic and Xhosa Language History.

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

Amharic vs Xhosa Difficulty

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

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