Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
South Africa
National Language
Spain
South Africa
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- 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 Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Latin
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
Gracias
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
Unjani
Good Night
Buenas Noches
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Buenos Días
Molo
Sorry
triste
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
adiós
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Te Quiero
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Mexico
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Thembu
Where They Speak
Cuba
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Español
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
espagnol; castillan
xhosa
German Name
Spanisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
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Ethnicity
Not Available
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
210 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
xhos1239
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Spanish and Xhosa Speaking population
Spanish and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Xhosa on Spanish vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Spanish and Xhosa Language Codes
Spanish and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Spanish and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.