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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Benin, Nigeria
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
12
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Nigeria
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Yoruba Academy
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.
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Owo and Itsekiri languages
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5329
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
1012
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4317
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
33
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Molo
Ẹ n lẹ
3.2 Thank You
Ndiyabulela
e dupe
3.3 How Are You?
Unjani
Bawo ni o se wa
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Kasun layọ o
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
ka a ale
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
e kaasan
3.7 Good Morning
Molo
e kaaro
3.8 Please
Ndicela
Jowo
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
binu
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
bye
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
mo nifẹ rẹ
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
mo tọrọ gafara
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Itsekiri
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Nigeria
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA500,000.00
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Thembu
Ede
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Benin, Togo
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA800,000.00
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Hlubi
Ulukwumi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Nigeria
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000.00
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
920
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million30.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.11 %0.42 %
Persian
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million28.00 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
Yorùbá
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Yariba, Yooba
5.3.4 French Name
xhosa
yoruba
5.3.5 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Yoruba-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Yoruba people
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
4 BC
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Western Sudanic
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Kwa
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Yorùbá
6.3.3 Language Position
NA49
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Yoruba Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
xh
yo
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
xho
yor
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
xho
yor
7.3 ISO 639 3
xho
yor
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
xhos1239
yoru1245
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating

Xhosa and Yoruba Alphabets

Xhosa and Yoruba Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Yoruba. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Xhosa and Yoruba languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Yoruba are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Xhosa and Yoruba Speaking population

Xhosa and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Xhosa vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Yoruba Language Codes

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