Countries
South Africa
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
South Africa
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
Ndicela
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Not present
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Not present
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Not present
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
xhosa
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th Century
  
1887
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Esperanto
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Xhosa and Esperanto Speaking population
Xhosa and Esperanto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Esperanto languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Esperanto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is Not Available. 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 Esperanto on Xhosa vs Esperanto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Esperanto Language Codes
Xhosa and Esperanto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Esperanto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.