Countries
South Africa
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
South Africa
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
شكرا
How Are You?
Unjani
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
مساء الخير
Good Morning
Molo
صباح الخير
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
وداعا
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
أحبك
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
South Africa
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Dialect 2
Thembu
Sudanese
Where They Speak
South Africa
Sudan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Levantine
Where They Speak
South Africa
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
isiXhosa
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Arabisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Arabs
Origin
16th Century
512 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Semitic
Branch
Bantu
North Arabic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Modern Standard Arabic
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
xhos1239
arab1395
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
All Xhosa and Arabic 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 Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Xhosa and Arabic Speaking population
Xhosa and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Xhosa vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Arabic Language Codes
Xhosa and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.