Countries
South Africa
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Council for German Orthography
  
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.
  
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
Ndicela
  
bitte
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Germany
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
229.00 million
  
8
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
xhosa
  
allemand
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Germans
  
Origin
16th Century
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Xhosa and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and German language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs German Difficulty
The Xhosa vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.