Countries
South Africa
  
West Java
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Indonesia
  
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.
  
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin, Sundanese
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Molo
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Nuhun
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
Wilujeng kulem
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Wilujeng wengi
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Wilujeng siang
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
Wilujeng énjing
  
Please
Ndicela
  
Mangga
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
Hapunten
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
Wilujeng angkat
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Punten
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Western dialect
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Banten
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Northern dialect
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Bogor
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Priangan dialect
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Bandung
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Priangan, Sunda
  
French Name
xhosa
  
soundanais
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Sundanesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Origin
16th Century
  
5th century AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Sundanese
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
su
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
sun
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
sun
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
sun
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
sund1251
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Xhosa and Sundanese 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 Sundanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Sundanese language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Sundanese word for "Thank You" is Nuhun. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Sundanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Sundanese Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Sundanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Sundanese 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 Sundanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Sundanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Sundanese time required is Not Available.