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Xhosa
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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Hong Kong, Macau
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
12
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
South Africa
China, Guangdong
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Hawaii
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Chinese Language
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5328
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
108
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4320
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
310
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Molo
您好
3.2 Thank You
Ndiyabulela
谢谢
3.3 How Are You?
Unjani
你好吗?
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
晚安
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
晚上好
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
下午好
3.7 Good Morning
Molo
早上好
3.8 Please
Ndicela
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
遗憾
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
再见
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
我爱你
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
原谅我
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Guangzhou
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
outside mainland China
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Thembu
Xiguan
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Hong Kong
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Hlubi
Hong Kong
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Hong Kong
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
93
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million60.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.11 %16.00 %
Persian
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million52.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 millionNA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
isiXhosa
Kwang Tung Wa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
5.3.4 French Name
xhosa
Not Available
5.3.5 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Not Available
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
17th century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Standard Cantonese
6.3.3 Language Position
NANA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Not Available
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
xh
No data available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
xho
Not Available
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
xho
Not Available
7.3 ISO 639 3
xho
No data available
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
xhos1239
cant1236
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Not Available
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Xhosa and Cantonese Alphabets

Xhosa and Cantonese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Cantonese. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Cantonese Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Xhosa and Cantonese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Cantonese 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 Cantonese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Cantonese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Xhosa and Cantonese Speaking population

Xhosa and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Xhosa vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Cantonese Language Codes

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