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German vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
South Africa   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
9   
1
43   
32

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Molo   

Thank You
Danke   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Unjani   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Molo   

Please
bitte   
Ndicela   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
Tschüs   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Germany   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Texas   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
Deutsch   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
allemand   
xhosa   

German Name
Deutsch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Western   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
isiXhosa   

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
xho   

ISO 639 3
deu   
xho   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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German and Xhosa Language History

Comparison of German vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of German and Xhosa language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Xhosa Language History.

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

German vs Xhosa Difficulty

The German vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.

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