Countries
India
  
South Africa
  
National Language
India
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
- 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
Old German Language
  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Molo
  
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Molo
  
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
South Africa
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
14.10 million
  
99+
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
sanskrit
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Sanskrit
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
2000 B.C.
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Indic
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
  
isiXhosa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sa
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
san
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
san
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
san
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sans1269
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Ancient
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Xhosa language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.