Countries
South Africa
  
Israel
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
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.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
Ndicela
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Israel
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Israel, Palestine
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
xhosa
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th Century
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Xhosa and Hebrew 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 Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Hebrew language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Hebrew Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Hebrew 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 Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.