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Xhosa and English


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

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   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Lesotho, South Africa   

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

Minority Language
South Africa   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Latin   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
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
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Molo   

Thank You
Thank you   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Unjani   

Good Night
Good Night   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
Molo   

Please
Please   
Ndicela   

Sorry
Sorry   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
Bye   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
I love you   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
English   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
anglais   
xhosa   

German Name
Englisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
isiXhosa   

Language Position
3   
3
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
xho   

ISO 639 3
eng   
xho   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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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.

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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.

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