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Greek vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
South Africa   

Second Language
Roman Empire   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Latin   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
17   
7
43   
32

Scripts
Arabic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)   
Molo   

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   
Unjani   

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   
Molo   

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   
Ndicela   

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
αντίο (antío)   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Greece   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Griko   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Italy   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
9   
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
ελληνικά   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)   
xhosa   

German Name
Neugriechisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Hellenic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Greek   
isiXhosa   

Language Position
74   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
el   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
gre   
xho   

ISO 639 3
ell   
xho   

ISO 639 6
ells   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gree1276   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Greek and Xhosa Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Xhosa language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Xhosa Language History.

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

Greek vs Xhosa Difficulty

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

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