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Romanian and Xhosa


Xhosa and Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
South Africa   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Latin   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
20   
10
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
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Molo   

Thank You
multumesc   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Unjani   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
Molo   

Please
Vă Rog   
Ndicela   

Sorry
scuze   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
La revedere   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
Română   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
xhosa   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
1521   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
isiXhosa   

Language Position
36   
28
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
xho   

ISO 639 3
ron   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Romanian and Xhosa Speaking population

Romanian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Romanian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Romanian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 % 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 Romanian and Xhosa on Romanian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Romanian and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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