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Indonesian and Xhosa


Xhosa and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
South Africa   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
19   
9
43   
32

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Molo   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
Unjani   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
Molo   

Please
mohon Untuk   
Ndicela   

Sorry
maaf   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
9   
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
isiXhosa   

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

French Name
indonésien   
xhosa   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
7th Century   
16th Century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
isiXhosa   

Language Position
56   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
xho   

ISO 639 3
ind   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Indonesian and Xhosa Speaking population

Indonesian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Xhosa on Indonesian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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