Norwegian and Xhosa
Countries
Norway
South Africa
National Language
Norway
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
- 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
Swedish and Danish Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Not Available
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
takk
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Unjani
Good Night
god natt
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
god kveld
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
god morgen
Molo
Please
Vær så snill
Ndicela
Sorry
unnskyld
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
ha det
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Thembu
Where They Speak
Sogn
South Africa
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
South Africa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Norsk
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Norsk
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
xhosa
German Name
Nynorsk
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Not Available
Ethnicity
Norwegians
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
c. 1300 AD
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
isiXhosa
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
norw1258
xhos1239
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Norwegian and Xhosa Speaking population
Norwegian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Xhosa on Norwegian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and Xhosa Language Codes
Norwegian and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
