Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
South Africa
  
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
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Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Molo
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
Molo
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
20.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
chinois
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
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Ethnicity
Han
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
isiXhosa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Chinese 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 Chinese and Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Xhosa language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Chinese vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.