Countries
South Africa
  
Czech Republic, European Union
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Czech Republic
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute of the Czech Language
  
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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
ahoj
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
děkuji
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Jak se máš?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
dobrou noc
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
dobré odpoledne
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
dobré ráno
  
Please
Ndicela
  
prosím
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
litovat
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
sbohem
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Miluji tě
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
promiňte
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Chod
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Chodsko, Bohemia
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Lach
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Moravian
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
čeština / český jazyk
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Bohemian, Cestina
  
French Name
xhosa
  
tchèque
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Tschechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Czechs
  
Origin
16th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Standard Czech
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Czech Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
cs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
ces
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
cze
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
ces
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
czec1258
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
53-AAA-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Xhosa and Czech Speaking population
Xhosa and Czech speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Czech languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Czech Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Czech language is 0.15 %. 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 Czech on Xhosa vs Czech where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Czech Language Codes
Xhosa and Czech language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Czech Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.