Countries
European Union, Slovenia
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Resian
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Styrian
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
Slovenia
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.