Xhosa and Cantonese
Countries
South Africa
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
South Africa
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Hawaii
Regulated By
Not Available
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Chinese Language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
晚安
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
下午好
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
再见
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
我爱你
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
South Africa
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
South Africa
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
South Africa
Hong Kong
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
isiXhosa
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
xhosa
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German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Not Available
Origin
16th Century
17th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
xh
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
xho
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
xho
Not Available
ISO 639 3
xho
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
xhos1239
cant1236
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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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.