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Bulgarian and Xhosa


Xhosa and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Bulgaria   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
  • 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
Macedonian language   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Not Available   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
36   
26
43   
32

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
Molo   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
Unjani   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
Molo   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
Ndicela   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
South Africa   

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
9   
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
bulgare   
xhosa   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
9th Century   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Southern   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
isiXhosa   

Language Position
88   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
xho   

ISO 639 3
bul   
xho   

ISO 639 6
buls   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Bulgarian and Xhosa Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bulgarian and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Bulgarian and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bulgarian are spoken in different Bulgarian Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bulgarian vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo, Panagyurishte. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bulgarian and Xhosa Speaking population

Bulgarian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bulgarian and Xhosa on Bulgarian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Xhosa Language Codes

Bulgarian and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bulgarian and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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