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Javanese vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Botswana, Lesotho  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Not Available  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
43  
32

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Molo  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Unjani  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
Molo  

Please
Not Available  
Ndicela  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
South Africa  

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
South Africa  

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
13
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
basa Jawa  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
javanais  
xhosa  

German Name
Javanisch  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
450 AD  
16th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
isiXhosa  

Language Position
11  
10
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
xho  

ISO 639 3
jav  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
java1253  
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  
Not Available  

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Javanese and Xhosa Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Xhosa language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 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 Javanese and Xhosa Language History.

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

Javanese vs Xhosa Difficulty

The Javanese vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese 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 Javanese and Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.

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