Countries
South Africa
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
South Africa
France
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Not Available
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Italian Language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Merci
How Are You?
Unjani
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
Molo
Bonjour
Please
Ndicela
S'il vous plaît
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
désolé
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
au revoir
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Quebec French
Where They Speak
South Africa
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Thembu
African French
Where They Speak
South Africa
Africa
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Swiss French
Where They Speak
South Africa
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
isiXhosa
français
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Français
French Name
xhosa
français
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Not Available
Origin
16th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Romance
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Standard French
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
xhos1239
stan1290
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Xhosa and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and French language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs French Difficulty
The Xhosa vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.