Countries
South Africa
  
Philippines
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
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.
  
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
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Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
Ndicela
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Bohol
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
southern Leyte
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
xhosa
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
16th Century
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Xhosa and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Cebuano language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.