1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Indonesia, Island of Madura
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Malay and Javanese Languages
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
Not Available
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
Ulale kakuhle
wengi sing apik
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Sugeng sọnten
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Sugeng siang
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Nyuwun pangapunten
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Kula tresna panjengan
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA110,000.00
1.5
960000000
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 million15.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million15.00 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
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Maduresisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Madurese
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
Not Available
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available