Countries
South Africa
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
hola
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
Ndicela
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
triste
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
xhosa
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th Century
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Romance
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic