1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Israel
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Arabic and Aramaic languages
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Aramaic Language
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
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
3.3 How Are You?
Unjani
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
3.7 Good Morning
Molo
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
3.8 Please
Ndicela
בבקשה (bevekshah)
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
סליחה! (Slicha)
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
להתראות (Lehitraot)
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Israel, Palestine
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 million9.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million4.40 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 million5.60 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
isiXhosa
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Israeli, Ivrit
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Signed Hebrew
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-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic