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Galician vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Galicia   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Latin   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
19   
9
43   
32

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
Molo   

Thank You
Grazas   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
Unjani   

Good Night
Boas noites   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
Bos días   
Molo   

Please
Por favor   
Ndicela   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
Adeus   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
Ámote   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
South Africa   

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
Galego   
isiXhosa   

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

French Name
galicien   
xhosa   

German Name
Galicisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Galician   
isiXhosa   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
xho   

ISO 639 3
glg   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Galician and Xhosa Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Xhosa language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 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 Galician and Xhosa Language History.

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

Galician vs Xhosa Difficulty

The Galician vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician 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 Galician and Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.

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