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Xhosa
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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
11
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.2 National Language
South Africa
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.3 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.4 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.5 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.6 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.7 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.
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.8 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.9 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
53NA
About Irish Language
18 247
2.4 Phonology
2.4.1 How Many Vowels
105
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.5.3 How Many Consonants
4346
About German Language
9 60
2.7 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.8 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.9 Hard to Learn
2.9.1 Language Levels
34
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.9.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeksNA
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Molo
Mhoro
3.2 Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
Unjani
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Manheru
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Masikati
3.7 Good Morning
Molo
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
Ndicela
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
bye
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
Pamusoro
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Hwesa
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Zimbabwe
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Thembu
Karanga
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Hlubi
Zezuru
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
94
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.11 %0.13 %
Persian
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million8.30 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 millionNA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
isiXhosa
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
xhosa
shona
5.3.5 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Not Available
6.3.3 Language Position
NA107
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
xh
sn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
xho
sna
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
xho
sna
7.3 ISO 639 3
xho
sna
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
xhos1239
core1255
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Xhosa and Shona Alphabets

Xhosa and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Shona. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters. To learn Xhosa and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Shona languages. The Xhosa phonology consist Xhosa vowels and Xhosa consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Xhosa greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Xhosa and Shona Speaking population

Xhosa and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Xhosa vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Shona Language Codes

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