Countries
South Africa
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
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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.
  
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
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Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
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Alphabets in
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Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
sannu
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
Ndicela
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Ghana
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Niger
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
28
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
xhosa
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
16th Century
  
14
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Hausa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
xhos1239
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
All Xhosa and Hausa 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 Hausa dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Hausa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Hausa Dialects are spoken in different Hausa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Hausa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Hausa dialects include: Gaananci , Kurhwayanci. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Xhosa and Hausa Speaking population
Xhosa and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. 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 Hausa on Xhosa vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Hausa Language Codes
Xhosa and Hausa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Hausa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.