Croatian and Xhosa
Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
South Africa
National Language
Austria
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th 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
Serbain and Bosnian
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Church Slavonic
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
hvala
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
kako si
Unjani
Good Night
laku noć
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
dobra večer
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
dobro jutro
Molo
Sorry
Oprostite
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Doviđenja
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Volim te
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Chakavian
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Croatia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Thembu
Where They Speak
Croatia
South Africa
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
hrvatski
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
German Name
Kroatisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
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Ethnicity
Croats
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
9th century
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
croa1245
xhos1239
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All Croatian 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 Croatian and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Croatian and Xhosa Speaking population
Croatian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % 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 Croatian and Xhosa on Croatian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Croatian and Xhosa Language Codes
Croatian and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Croatian and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
