Xhosa and Khasi
Countries
South Africa
Meghalaya
National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
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Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
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Regulated By
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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.
- 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
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Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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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
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
khublei
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
Uxolo
map a nga
Where They Speak
South Africa
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Nonglung
Where They Speak
South Africa
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
South Africa
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
isiXhosa
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Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Khasi people
Origin
16th Century
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Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
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Early Forms
No early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Khasi
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
xhos1239
khas1269
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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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.
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.