Countries
South Africa
  
Rajastan, India
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Rajastan, India
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Nepal, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Gujarati Language
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marwari-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
khammaghani
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
dhanyavaad
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Kikan ho sa?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
shubh raatri
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Shubh Honjh
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Shubh Befar
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
Shubh Havar
  
Please
Ndicela
  
kirpa
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
Maaf Karo
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
main tanne pyaar karoon
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
maaf karo
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Jogi
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Bagri
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Dhundhari
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
22.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
14.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
Marwari
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
  
French Name
xhosa
  
marvari
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Marwari
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Marwari or Marwadi
  
Origin
16th Century
  
16
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Marwari
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
mwr
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
mwr
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
mwr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
raja1256
  
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
  
All Xhosa and Marwari 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 Marwari dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Marwari language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Marwari Dialects are spoken in different Marwari speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Marwari Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Marwari dialects include: Jogi , Bagri. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Xhosa and Marwari Speaking population
Xhosa and Marwari speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Marwari languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Marwari Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marwari language is 0.21 %. 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 Marwari on Xhosa vs Marwari where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Marwari Language Codes
Xhosa and Marwari language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Marwari Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.