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Xhosa and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
1   
14

National Language
France   
South Africa   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Lesotho, South Africa   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Latin   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
20   
10
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
bonjour   
Molo   

Thank You
Merci   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Unjani   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
Molo   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
Ndicela   

Sorry
désolé   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
au revoir   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 2
African French   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Africa   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
français   
isiXhosa   

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

French Name
français   
xhosa   

German Name
Französisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
9th Century   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard French   
isiXhosa   

Language Position
13   
12
Not Available   

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
xho   

ISO 639 3
fra   
xho   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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French and Xhosa Speaking population

French and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of French and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Xhosa on French vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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