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Macedonian and Xhosa


Xhosa and Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Not Available   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
26   
16
43   
32

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Molo   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Unjani   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
Molo   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
Ndicela   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Debar   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
9   
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
macédonien   
xhosa   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Southern   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
isiXhosa   

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
xho   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Not Available   

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All Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Macedonian and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Macedonian are spoken in different Macedonian Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Macedonian vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian, Debar. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Macedonian and Xhosa Speaking population

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

Macedonian and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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