1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Old German Language
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Prakrit Language
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Molo
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
3.2 Thank You
Ndiyabulela
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
3.3 How Are You?
Unjani
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
शुभः सायंकालः
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
शुभ दुपार
3.7 Good Morning
Molo
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Not Available
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 million14.10 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million14.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
isiXhosa
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
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
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology