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Arabic and Xhosa


Xhosa and Arabic


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   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
28   
18
43   
32

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Molo   

Thank You
شكرا   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Unjani   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
Molo   

Please
من فضلك   
Ndicela   

Sorry
آسف   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
وداعا   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
أحبك   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
South Africa   

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
arabe   
xhosa   

German Name
Arabisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
512 CE   
16th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
North Arabic   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
isiXhosa   

Language Position
25   
21
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
xho   

ISO 639 3
ara   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Arabic and Xhosa Speaking population

Arabic and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Xhosa on Arabic vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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