×

Swahili
Swahili

Xhosa
Xhosa



ADD
Compare
X
Swahili
X
Xhosa

Swahili and Xhosa

Add ⊕
1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
41
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • 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.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2453
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
510
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2143
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
33
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Habari
Molo
3.2 Thank You
Asante
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
Unjani
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Molo
3.8 Please
tafadhali
Ndicela
3.9 Sorry
pole
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Gcaleka
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Kimrima
Thembu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Kimgao
Hlubi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kilwa
South Africa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
129
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million20.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NA0.11 %
Persian
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million8.20 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA11.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
isiXhosa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
swahili
xhosa
5.3.5 German Name
Swahili
Xhosa-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
6th century
16th Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Swahili
isiXhosa
6.3.3 Language Position
NANA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
sw
xh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
swa
xho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
swa
xho
7.3 ISO 639 3
swa
xho
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
swah1254
xhos1239
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
99-AUT-fa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Swahili and Xhosa Alphabets

Swahili and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Xhosa. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Swahili and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Xhosa languages. The Swahili phonology consist Swahili vowels and Swahili consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swahili greetings vs Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Xhosa Speaking population

Swahili and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available 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 Swahili and Xhosa on Swahili vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Xhosa Language Codes

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