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Xhosa and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
South Africa   

Second Language
South Africa   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Not Available   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
43   
32

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Molo   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Unjani   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
Molo   

Please
alsjeblieft   
Ndicela   

Sorry
sorry   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
vaarwel   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
Nederlands   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
xhosa   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Western   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
isiXhosa   

Language Position
48   
35
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
xho   

ISO 639 3
nld   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Dutch and Xhosa Speaking population

Dutch and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Xhosa on Dutch vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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