1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Central America, North America
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
French Language
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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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
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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
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Bon apre-midi
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Babay
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Mwen renmen w
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Northern Haitian Creole
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Thembu
Central Haitian Creole
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Port-au-Prince
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Hlubi
Southern Haitian Creole
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million9.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million9.60 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
5.3.4 French Name
xhosa
haïtien; créole haïtien
5.3.5 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Haitians
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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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
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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