1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Burkina Faso
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.4 National Language
South Africa
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
1.5 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.6 Speaking Continents
1.7 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.8 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.9 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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
1.10 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Dagbani Language
1.11 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.6.2 How Many Consonants
2.7 Scripts
2.8 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.9 Hard to Learn
2.9.1 Language Levels
2.9.3 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
ne y zabre
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Kia ora
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Wend na kon-d nindaare
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Burkina Faso
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Burkina Faso
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Burkina Faso
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 million7.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million7.60 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Mossi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
Not available
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Western Sudanic
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Not Available
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
99-AUT-fa
No data Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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