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Xhosa vs English


English vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
South Africa  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
South Africa  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Not Available  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
43  
32
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
Hello  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Unjani  
How are you?  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
Good Night  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Molo  
Good Morning  

Please
Ndicela  
Please  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
Sorry  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
Bye  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
American English  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
isiXhosa  
English  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Not Available  

French Name
xhosa  
anglais  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Not Available  

History

Origin
16th Century  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Standard English  

Language Position
Not Available  
3  
3

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
eng  

ISO 639 3
xho  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Xhosa and English Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and English language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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

Xhosa vs English Difficulty

The Xhosa vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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