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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
11
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Ethiopia
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 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.
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5333
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
107
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4331
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
33
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Molo
Selam
3.2 Thank You
Ndiyabulela
amesege'nallo'
3.3 How Are You?
Unjani
Dehina newot?
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Dehna dur
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
melkam meshe't
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
i'ndemin walu
3.7 Good Morning
Molo
i'ndemin adäru
3.8 Please
Ndicela
i'bakwon
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
aznallehu
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
tschao
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
afekirishalehu
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
yiqirta
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Gondar
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Gondar
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Thembu
Gojjami
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Ethiopia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Hlubi
Showa
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Ethiopia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
95
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million18.70 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.11 %0.37 %
Persian
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 million10.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
isiXhosa
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
5.3.4 French Name
xhosa
amharique
5.3.5 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Amharisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[amarɨɲɲa]
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Amharas
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
13th century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Semitic
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Ethiopic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
6.3.2 Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Amharic
6.3.3 Language Position
NA55
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Signed Amharic
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
xh
am
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
xho
amh
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
xho
amh
7.3 ISO 639 3
xho
amh
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
xhos1239
amha1245
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
12-ACB-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional

Xhosa and Amharic Alphabets

Xhosa and Amharic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Amharic. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Xhosa and Amharic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Amharic languages. The Xhosa phonology consist Xhosa vowels and Xhosa consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Xhosa greetings vs Amharic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Amharic are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Xhosa and Amharic Speaking population

Xhosa and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Xhosa vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Amharic Language Codes

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