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Xhosa
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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

South Africa

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

South Africa

1.4 Second Language

Lesotho, South Africa

1.5 Speaking Continents

Africa

1.6 Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho

1.7 Regulated By

Not Available

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.

1.9 Similar To

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

1.10 Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

43
Rank: 32 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Latin

2.5 Writing Direction

Not Available

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

Molo

3.2 Thank You

Ndiyabulela

3.3 How Are You?

Unjani

3.4 Good Night

Ulale kakuhle

3.5 Good Evening

Ubusuku obuhle

3.6 Good Afternoon

Uben' emva kwemini entle

3.7 Good Morning

Molo

3.8 Please

Ndicela

3.9 Sorry

Ndicela uxolo

3.10 Bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

3.11 I Love You

Ndiyakuthanda

3.12 Excuse Me

Uxolo

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Gcaleka

4.1.1 Where They Speak

South Africa

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Thembu

4.2.1 Where They Speak

South Africa

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Hlubi

4.3.1 Where They Speak

South Africa

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

9
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

20.00 million
Rank: 42 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

0.11 %
Rank: 53 (Overall)
Persian
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

8.20 million
Rank: 52 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

11.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

isiXhosa

5.3.3 Alternative Names

“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa

5.3.4 French Name

xhosa

5.3.5 German Name

Xhosa-Sprache

5.4 Pronunciation

Not Available

5.5 Ethnicity

amaXhosa, amaBhaca

6 History

6.1 Origin

16th Century

6.2 Language Family

Niger-Congo Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Benue-Congo

6.2.2 Branch

Bantu

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

No early forms

6.3.2 Standard Forms

isiXhosa

6.3.3 Language Position

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Signed Xhosa

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

xh

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

xho

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

xho

7.3 ISO 639 3

xho

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

xhos1239

7.6 Linguasphere

99-AUT-fa

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Origin of Xhosa language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Xhosa language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Xhosa language states that it was put to use in 16th Century. The history of Xhosa language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Xhosa Language History. Xhosa has no early forms. isiXhosa is the standard form of Xhosa language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Xhosa Language.

Xhosa population

Xhosa population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Xhosa language. Xhosa language is spoken by 20.00 million people in the world. Most of the Xhosa population lies in the Xhosa Speaking Countries. Xhosa language is spoken as first language by 8.20 million people and as second language by about 11.00 million people. Get to know Xhosa speaking population in detail.

Xhosa writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Xhosa writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Xhosa language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Xhosa language. Learn more about . 

Information about Xhosa language

Check out all the information about Xhosa language here. You may find it interesting to learn Xhosa Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Xhosa Speaking Countries, Xhosa speaking continents and Xhosa Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Xhosa countries knowing common Xhosa Greetings will help you in communicating with Xhosa people.