1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
European Union, Ireland
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Ireland
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
United Kingdom
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Ndiyabulela
Go raibh maith agat
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Oíche mhaith
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Tráthnóna maith duit
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Tráthnóna maith duit
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Tá brón orm
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Slán
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Is breá liom thú
3.12 Excuse Me
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
4.3 Dialect 3
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 million1.79 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million0.14 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
isiXhosa
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Mittelirisch
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Irish people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
6.3.2 Standard Forms
isiXhosa
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Irish Sign Language
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
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology