Countries
South Africa
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
South Africa
  
India, Pakistan, Sindh
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
  
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.
  
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Gujarati
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Molo
  
Assalam O Alaikum
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Meharbani
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Kehra haal aahin
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
tava kia aayo
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Sham Jo Salam
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Assalam o Alaikum
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
Subho Bakhair
  
Please
Ndicela
  
Mehrbani
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
Moon khe afsos aahe
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
Allah Wahi
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Maaf Kajo
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Siraiki
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Upper Sindh
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Vicholi
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Central Sindh
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Lari
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Lower Sindh
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
29.00 million
  
37
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
xhosa
  
sindhi
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Sindhi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th Century
  
711 A.D
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Sindhi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
sd
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
snd
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
snd
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
snd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
sind1272
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
All Xhosa and Sindhi 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 Sindhi dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Sindhi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Sindhi Dialects are spoken in different Sindhi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Sindhi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Sindhi dialects include: Siraiki , Vicholi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Xhosa and Sindhi Speaking population
Xhosa and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Xhosa vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Sindhi Language Codes
Xhosa and Sindhi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Sindhi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.