1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
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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.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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
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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
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
South Africa
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 million20.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million8.20 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Xhosa-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
16th Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo 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
Signed Xhosa
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
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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