Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
South Africa
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
South Africa
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Latin
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
grazie
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Come stai?
Unjani
Good Night
buonanotte
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
buonasera
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
buongiorno
Molo
Please
Per Favore
Ndicela
Sorry
scusate
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
arrivederci
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Ti amo
Ndiyakuthanda
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Lazio
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Thembu
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
South Africa
Native Name
Italiano
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Italiano
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
italien
xhosa
German Name
Italienisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Italians
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
960 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Italian
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
itas
Not Available
Glottocode
ital1282
xhos1239
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Italian and Xhosa Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Italian and Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Xhosa language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Italian vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian Alphabets and Xhosa Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Italian and Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.