1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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
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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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.6 Phonology
2.6.1 How Many Vowels
2.6.3 How Many Consonants
4.2 Scripts
4.3 Writing Direction
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4.4 Hard to Learn
4.4.1 Language Levels
4.5.3 Time Taken to Learn
5 Greetings
5.1 Hello
5.2 Thank You
5.3 How Are You?
5.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Urare zvakanaka
5.5 Good Evening
5.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Masikati
5.7 Good Morning
5.8 Please
5.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Ndineurombo
5.10 Bye
5.11 I Love You
5.12 Excuse Me
6 Dialects
6.1 Dialect 1
6.1.1 Where They Speak
6.1.2 How Many People Speak
6.3 Dialect 2
6.3.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
southern Zimbabwe
6.3.2 How Many People Speak
7.2 Dialect 3
7.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
7.2.2 How Many People Speak
7.4 Total No. Of Dialects
8 How Many People Speak
8.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
8.2 Speaking Population
9.4 Native Speakers
8.20 million8.30 million
0.13
873
9.4.1 Second Language Speakers
10.7.4 Native Name
10.7.5 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
10.7.6 French Name
10.7.7 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
10.8 Pronunciation
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10.9 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
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11 History
11.1 Origin
16th Century
20th century
11.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
11.2.1 Subgroup
11.2.2 Branch
11.3 Language Forms
11.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
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11.3.2 Standard Forms
11.3.3 Language Position
11.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
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11.4 Scope
12 Code
12.1 ISO 639 1
12.2 ISO 639 2
12.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
12.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
12.3 ISO 639 3
12.4 ISO 639 6
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12.5 Glottocode
12.6 Linguasphere
12.7 Types of Language
12.7.1 Language Type
12.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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12.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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