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Chinese vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
China, Taiwan   
South Africa   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Not Available   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
10   
7

How Many Consonants
23   
13
43   
32

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Molo   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Unjani   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Molo   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Ndicela   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
chinois   
xhosa   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Han   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
16th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
isiXhosa   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
xho   

ISO 639 3
zho   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Chinese and Xhosa Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Xhosa language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Xhosa Language History.

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

Chinese vs Xhosa Difficulty

The Chinese vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.

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