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Xhosa and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
South Africa  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
Namibia, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
15  
12

How Many Consonants
43  
32
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
hallo  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
Dankie  

How Are You?
Unjani  
Hoe gaan dit  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
goeie nag  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
Goeienaand  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
Goeie middag  

Good Morning
Molo  
goeie more  

Please
Ndicela  
asseblief  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
jammer  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
Not Available  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Namibia  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
19.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
10.30 million  
22

Native Name
isiXhosa  
Afrikaans  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Cape Dutch  

French Name
xhosa  
afrikaans  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Afrikaans  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Afrikaners  

History

Origin
16th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Germanic  

Branch
Bantu  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Standard Afrikaans  

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
afr  

ISO 639 3
xho  
afr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
afrs  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic  

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

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Xhosa and Afrikaans Speaking population

Xhosa and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Xhosa and Afrikaans on Xhosa vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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