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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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