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Xhosa vs Amharic


Amharic vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Not Available   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
7   
4

How Many Consonants
43   
32
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
Selam   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Unjani   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Molo   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Ndicela   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
aznallehu   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
tschao   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Showa   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million   
99+
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
isiXhosa   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
xhosa   
amharique   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Amharas   

History

Origin
16th Century   
13th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Semitic   

Branch
Bantu   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Amharic   

Language Position
Not Available   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
amh   

ISO 639 3
xho   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Xhosa and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Amharic language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Xhosa and Amharic Language History.

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Xhosa and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Amharic language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Xhosa vs Amharic Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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