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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
331
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
South Africa
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2653
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
510
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2143
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
73
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
Molo
3.2 Thank You
Thank you
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
How are you?
Unjani
3.4 Good Night
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
Good Morning
Molo
3.8 Please
Please
Ndicela
3.9 Sorry
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
I love you
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
American English
Gcaleka
4.1.1 Where They Speak
United States of America
South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Thembu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Welsh English
Hlubi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
United Kingdom
South Africa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00NA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
1889
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million20.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.43 %0.11 %
Persian
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
400.00 million8.20 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
400.00 million11.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
English
isiXhosa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
anglais
xhosa
5.3.5 German Name
Englisch
Xhosa-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
5th Century AD
16th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard English
isiXhosa
6.3.3 Language Position
3NA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Xhosa
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
en
xh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
eng
xho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
eng
xho
7.3 ISO 639 3
eng
xho
7.4 ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
stan1293
xhos1239
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ABA
99-AUT-fa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Xhosa Alphabets

English and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Xhosa. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn English and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Xhosa languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

English and Xhosa Speaking population

English and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of English and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Xhosa on English vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Xhosa Language Codes

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