Countries
South Africa
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.