Countries
South Africa
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
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.
  
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
Ndicela
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
215.00 million
  
9
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
xhosa
  
bengali
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
16th Century
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Bengali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available