Countries
South Africa
  
India
  
National Language
South Africa
  
India
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
Ndicela
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
xhosa
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th Century
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Sanskrit
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Xhosa and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Sanskrit language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.