Countries
South Africa
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
South Africa
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
Egun on
  
Please
Ndicela
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
Agur
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
xhosa
  
basque
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Basque people
  
Origin
16th Century
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Basque
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
All Xhosa and Basque 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 Basque dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Basque language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Basque Dialects are spoken in different Basque speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Basque Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian , Souletin. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Xhosa and Basque Speaking population
Xhosa and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque 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 Basque on Xhosa vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Basque Language Codes
Xhosa and Basque language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Basque Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.