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Xhosa and Khasi


Khasi and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Meghalaya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Not Available   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Not Available   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
43   
32
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
Kumno   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
Khublei   

How Are You?
Unjani   
Kumno phi long?   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
thia sukh   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
babha janmiet   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
babha noph-phai-sngi   

Good Morning
Molo   
khublei   

Please
Ndicela   
Sngewbha   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
Map   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
khublei   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
ieit ieit   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
map a nga   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Bhoi   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Nonglung   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Cherrapunji   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
0.84 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
Not Available   

Native Name
isiXhosa   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   

French Name
xhosa   
khasi   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Khasi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Khasi people   

History

Origin
16th Century   
Not Available   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No Early Forms   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Khasi   

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
kha   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
kha   

ISO 639 3
xho   
kha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
khas1269   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Xhosa and Khasi Speaking population

Xhosa and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi 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 Khasi on Xhosa vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Khasi Language Codes

Xhosa and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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