Countries
South Africa
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
ciao
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
buongiorno
  
Please
Ndicela
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
scusate
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Italiano
  
French Name
xhosa
  
italien
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Italians
  
Origin
16th Century
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Romance
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Italian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Xhosa and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Italian language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Italian Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.