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Slovene vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy  
Botswana, Lesotho  

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Not Available  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
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
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Molo  

Thank You
Hvala  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
Kako se imate?  
Unjani  

Good Night
Lahko noč  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
Dober večer  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
Dober dan  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Molo  

Please
Prosim  
Ndicela  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
Nasvidenje  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
Ljubim te  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Resian  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Italy  
South Africa  

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Slovenia  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
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
Not available  
isiXhosa  

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

French Name
slovène  
xhosa  

German Name
Slowenisch  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Slovenes  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
972-1093  
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
Slovene  
isiXhosa  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sl  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
slv  
xho  

ISO 639 3
slv  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
slov1268  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Slovene and Xhosa Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Xhosa language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 whereas history of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Slovene and Xhosa Language History.

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Slovene 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 Slovene and Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovene and Xhosa language. Slovene word for "Hello" is Halo or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Slovene Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Slovene vs Xhosa Difficulty

The Slovene vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovene 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 Slovene and Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovene and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovene is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.

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