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Xhosa


Countries
0
Countries
South Africa 0
Total No. Of Countries
1 14
National Language
South Africa 0
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa 0
Speaking Continents
Africa 0
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho 0
Regulated By
Not Available 0
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.
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Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele 0
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages 0
Alphabets
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Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200 0
Alphabets
53 32
Phonology
0
How Many Vowels
10 7
How Many Consonants
43 32
Scripts
Latin 0
Writing Direction
Not Available 0
Hard to Learn
0
Language Levels
3 2
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 11
Greetings
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Hello
Molo 0
Thank You
Ndiyabulela 0
How Are You?
Unjani 0
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle 0
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle 0
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle 0
Good Morning
Molo 0
Please
Ndicela 0
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo 0
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle 0
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda 0
Excuse Me
Uxolo 0
Dialects
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Dialect 1
Gcaleka 0
Where They Speak
South Africa 0
How Many People Speak
Not Available 0
Dialect 2
Thembu 0
Where They Speak
South Africa 0
How Many People Speak
Not Available 0
Dialect 3
Hlubi 0
Where They Speak
South Africa 0
How Many People Speak
Not Available 0
Total No. Of Dialects
9 9
How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million 42
Speaking Population
0.11 % 53
Native Speakers
8.20 million 52
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million 21
Native Name
isiXhosa 0
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa 0
French Name
xhosa 0
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache 0
Pronunciation
Not Available 0
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca 0
History
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Origin
16th Century 0
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family 0
Subgroup
Benue-Congo 0
Branch
Bantu 0
Language Forms
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Early Forms
No early forms 0
Standard Forms
isiXhosa 0
Language Position
Not Available 0
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa 0
Scope
Individual 0
Code
0
ISO 639 1
xh 0
ISO 639 2
0
ISO 639 2/T
xho 0
ISO 639 2/B
xho 0
ISO 639 3
xho 0
ISO 639 6
Not Available 0
Glottocode
xhos1239 0
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa 0
Types of Language
0
Language Type
Living 0
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object 0
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available 0
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