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Arabic and Xhosa Speaking countries


Xhosa and Arabic Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Not Available   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

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Arabic and Xhosa as Minority Language

In Arabic and Xhosa speaking countries you will get the countries which have Arabic and Xhosa as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Arabic as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.
  • Xhosa as minority language: Botswana, Lesotho.

If you want to compare Arabic and Xhosa dialects, then you can go to Arabic vs Xhosa Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Arabic and Xhosa Regulators

Arabic and Xhosa speaking countries provide you Arabic and Xhosa regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council regulates Arabic language.Xhosa is not regulated. Also get to learn, Arabic and Xhosa Language History.

Arabic and Xhosa Continents

Thinking about Arabic and Xhosa continents in which Arabic and Xhosa speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Arabic and Xhosa. Most of the Arabic speaking countries lie in Africa, Asia. While Xhosa speaking countries lie in Africa. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Arabic and Xhosa languages:

Arabic Interesting Facts:

Xhosa Interesting Facts:

The Arabic language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Amharic and Hebrew whereas Arabic language is similar to Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele and derived from Khoi-Khoi and San Languages.

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