Countries
South Africa
  
South Africa
  
National Language
South Africa
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Namibia, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Dutch Language
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Dutch Language
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Dankie
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Hoe gaan dit
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
goeie nag
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Goeienaand
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Goeie middag
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
goeie more
  
Please
Ndicela
  
asseblief
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
jammer
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Ek het jou lief
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Verskoon my
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
10.30 million
  
22
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
Afrikaans
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Cape Dutch
  
French Name
xhosa
  
afrikaans
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Afrikaans
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Afrikaners
  
Origin
16th Century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Standard Afrikaans
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
52-ACB-ba
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic
  
Xhosa and Afrikaans Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Xhosa and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Afrikaans language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Xhosa and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.