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Chinese and Xhosa Speaking countries


Xhosa and Chinese Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
China, Taiwan   
South Africa   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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   

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Chinese and Xhosa as Minority Language

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

  • Chinese as minority language: Indonesia, Malaysia.
  • Xhosa as minority language: Botswana, Lesotho.

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

Chinese and Xhosa Regulators

Chinese and Xhosa speaking countries provide you Chinese and Xhosa regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council regulates Chinese language.Xhosa is not regulated. Also get to learn, Chinese and Xhosa Language History.

Chinese and Xhosa Continents

Thinking about Chinese and Xhosa continents in which Chinese and Xhosa speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Chinese and Xhosa. Most of the Chinese speaking countries lie in 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 Chinese and Xhosa languages:

Chinese Interesting Facts:

Xhosa Interesting Facts:

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

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