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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Bye
وداعا
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
أحبك
Ndiyakuthanda
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
Not Available
Dialect 3
Levantine
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
German Name
Arabisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Arabs
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
512 CE
16th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Benue-Congo
Branch
North Arabic
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
xhos1239
Linguasphere
12-AAC
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Arabic 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 Arabic and Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Xhosa language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Arabic vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.