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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
133
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
South Africa
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5326
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
105
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4321
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
37
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Molo
Hello
3.2 Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Thank you
3.3 How Are You?
Unjani
How are you?
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
Molo
Good Morning
3.8 Please
Ndicela
Please
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Sorry
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
I love you
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gcaleka
American English
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA225,000,000.00
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Thembu
Hiberno-English
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA4,500,000.00
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Hlubi
Welsh English
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
United Kingdom
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,500,000.00
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
9188
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million1,200.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.11 %5.43 %
Persian
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million400.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 million400.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
isiXhosa
English
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
xhosa
anglais
5.3.5 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Englisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
5th Century AD
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European 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
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
6.3.2 Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Standard English
6.3.3 Language Position
NA3
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Signed English
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
xh
en
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
xho
eng
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
xho
eng
7.3 ISO 639 3
xho
eng
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
7.5 Glottocode
xhos1239
stan1293
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
52-ABA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Xhosa and English Alphabets

Xhosa and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and English. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Xhosa and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and English 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 English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and English are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Xhosa and English Speaking population

Xhosa and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and English languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Xhosa vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and English Language Codes

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