Countries
South Africa
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
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.
  
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
Ndicela
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
xhosa
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Irish people
  
Origin
16th Century
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Xhosa and Irish 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 Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Irish language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Irish Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.