1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Kurdish and Persian
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Perso-Arabic script
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Ndiyabulela
mana bebahgsh
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
jawáin shap
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
jawáin begáh
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
bebaksh / bebagsh
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Tu mana doost biyeh
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA5,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA3,400,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million7.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million7.60 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Baluchi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Belutschisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
19th Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available