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Malaysian and Xhosa

Malaysian
Malaysian
Xhosa
Xhosa
Xhosa and Malaysian


Countries
Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
South Africa   
Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14
National Language
Malaysia   
South Africa   
Second Language
Indonesia   
Lesotho, South Africa   
Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   
Minority Language
Thailand   
Botswana, Lesotho   
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Not Available   
Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Derived From
Tamil Language   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Alphabets
26   
8
53   
32
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7
How Many Consonants
24   
14
43   
32
Scripts
Latin   
Latin   
Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11
Greetings
Hello
Hai   
Molo   
Thank You
terima kasih   
Ndiyabulela   
How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
Unjani   
Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Ulale kakuhle   
Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
Ubusuku obuhle   
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
Molo   
Please
sila   
Ndicela   
Sorry
maaf   
Ndicela uxolo   
Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
Ndiyakuthanda   
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
Uxolo   
Dialects
Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Gcaleka   
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
South Africa   
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
Not Available   
Dialect 2
Pekal   
Thembu   
Where They Speak
Indonesia   
South Africa   
How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
Not Available   
Dialect 3
Musi   
Hlubi   
Where They Speak
Indonesia   
South Africa   
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   
Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
9   
9
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
20.00 million   
99+
Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.11 %   
99+
Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
8.20 million   
99+
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
11.00 million   
21
Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
isiXhosa   
Alternative Names
Not Available   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
French Name
malais   
xhosa   
German Name
Malaiisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
Not Available   
Ethnicity
Not Available   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
History
Origin
c. 683 AD   
16th Century   
Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   
Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   
Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
No early forms   
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
isiXhosa   
Language Position
54   
39
Not Available   
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Signed Xhosa   
Scope
Individual   
Individual   
Code
ISO 639 1
ms   
xh   
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa   
xho   
ISO 639 2/B
may   
xho   
ISO 639 3
zsm   
xho   
ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   
Glottocode
stan1306   
xhos1239   
Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-fa   
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living   
Living   
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   
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All Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malaysian and Xhosa Speaking population

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

Malaysian and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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