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Serbian and Xhosa


Xhosa and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Not Available   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
25   
15
43   
32

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Molo   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Ndiyabulela   

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

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Molo   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
Ndicela   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
South Africa   

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Hlubi   

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

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
isiXhosa   

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

French Name
serbe   
xhosa   

German Name
Serbisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
11th Century   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
isiXhosa   

Language Position
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
xho   

ISO 639 3
srp   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Serbian and Xhosa Speaking population

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

Serbian and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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