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Finnish and Xhosa

Finnish
Finnish
Xhosa
Xhosa
Xhosa and Finnish


Countries
Countries
European Union, Finland   
South Africa   
Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
South Africa   
Second Language
Estonia   
Lesotho, South Africa   
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Botswana, Lesotho   
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Not Available   
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.
  
Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Derived From
Not Available   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Alphabets
29   
11
53   
32
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7
How Many Consonants
13   
3
43   
32
Scripts
Latin   
Latin   
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11
Greetings
Hello
Moi   
Molo   
Thank You
Kiitos   
Ndiyabulela   
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Unjani   
Good Night
hyvää yötä   
Ulale kakuhle   
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
Ubusuku obuhle   
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
Molo   
Please
haluta   
Ndicela   
Sorry
Anteeksi   
Ndicela uxolo   
Bye
Heippa   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Ndiyakuthanda   
Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Uxolo   
Dialects
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Gcaleka   
Where They Speak
Finland   
South Africa   
Dialect 2
Rauma   
Thembu   
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
South Africa   
Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Hlubi   
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
South Africa   
How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   
Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
9   
9
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
20.00 million   
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+
Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+
Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
11.00 million   
21
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
isiXhosa   
Alternative Names
Suomi   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
French Name
finnois   
xhosa   
German Name
Finnisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
Not Available   
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
History
Origin
1543   
16th Century   
Language Family
Uralic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Benue-Congo   
Branch
Finnic   
Bantu   
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
No early forms   
Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
isiXhosa   
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Signed Xhosa   
Scope
Individual   
Individual   
Code
ISO 639 1
fi   
xh   
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fin   
xho   
ISO 639 2/B
fin   
xho   
ISO 639 3
fin   
xho   
ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   
Glottocode
finn1318   
xhos1239   
Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-fa   
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living   
Living   
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   
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All Finnish 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 Finnish and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Finnish and Xhosa Speaking population

Finnish and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish 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 Finnish and Xhosa on Finnish vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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