1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
United States of America
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
United States of America
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Apache Language
1.10 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
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
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
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Yá'át'ééh
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Not available
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Hágoónee’
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Ayóó ánííníshí
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
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 million1.70 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million1.70 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
isiXhosa
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Navaho
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Navajo-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Navajo people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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
Navajo Sign Language
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
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic