1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
France, Spain
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Spanish
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Eskerrik asko
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Arratsalde on
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Arratsalde on
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Agur
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Maite zaitut
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Navarro-Lapurdian
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA68,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
France, Soule, Spain
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million7.20 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million7.20 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Basque people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Vasconic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative