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Armenian vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Lesotho, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  
Botswana, Lesotho  

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Greek  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Not Available  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
38  
20
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
32  
22
43  
32

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
Molo  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
Unjani  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
Molo  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
Ndicela  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
South Africa  

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  
South Africa  

Dialect 3
Not Applicable  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Not Applicable  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
arménien  
xhosa  

German Name
Armenisch  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
isiXhosa  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
xho  

ISO 639 3
hye  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arme1241  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Armenian and Xhosa Language History

Comparison of Armenian vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of Armenian and Xhosa language. History of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century whereas history of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Armenian and Xhosa Language History.

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Armenian and Xhosa 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 Armenian and Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Xhosa language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Armenian vs Xhosa Difficulty

The Armenian vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Armenian and Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.

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