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Finnish and Xhosa Speaking countries

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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Finland
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
21
Bhojpuri Speaking Countries
0 46
1.3 National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Estonia
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  • 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.
1.9 Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Finnish vs Xhosa Countries

Comparing Finnish vs Xhosa countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Finnish and Xhosa languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Finnish is official language is 2 whereas total number of countries where Xhosa is official language is 1

Find if Finnish and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Finnish and Xhosa speaking countries will give you the presence of Finnish and Xhosa languages in different countries. Along with Finnish vs Xhosa countries, you can also compare Finnish vs Xhosa.

Finnish and Xhosa as Minority Language

In Finnish and Xhosa speaking countries you will get the countries which have Finnish and Xhosa as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.
  • Xhosa as minority language: Botswana, Lesotho.

If you want to compare Finnish and Xhosa dialects, then you can go to Finnish vs Xhosa Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Finnish and Xhosa Regulators

Finnish and Xhosa speaking countries provide you Finnish and Xhosa regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Institute for the Languages of Finland regulates Finnish language.Xhosa is not regulated. Also get to learn, Finnish and Xhosa Language History.

Finnish and Xhosa Continents

Thinking about Finnish and Xhosa continents in which Finnish and Xhosa speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Finnish and Xhosa. Most of the Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. While Xhosa speaking countries lie in Africa. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Finnish and Xhosa languages:

Finnish Interesting Facts:

  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.

Xhosa 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 Finnish language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages whereas Finnish language is similar to Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele and derived from Khoi-Khoi and San Languages.