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Xhosa and Esperanto


Esperanto and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
43   
32
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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
9   
9
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million   
99+
2.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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