1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.5 National Language
1.6 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Philippines
1.7 Speaking Continents
1.8 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.9 Regulated By
Not Available
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
1.10 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.
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
1.11 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Tagalog Language
1.12 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Spanish Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
magandang gabi
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Magandang gabi
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Magandang hapon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
pinagsisisihan
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Paalam
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
patawarin ninyo ako
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA8,200,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,600,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million90.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million45.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Pilipino
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
16th Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No Data Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available