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Swedish and Xhosa


Xhosa and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Sweden   
South Africa   

Second Language
Finland   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
18   
8
43   
32

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hej   
Molo   

Thank You
tacka dig   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
Unjani   

Good Night
godnatt   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
god kväll   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
god morgon   
Molo   

Please
vänligen   
Ndicela   

Sorry
ledsen   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
hej då   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
France   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
9   
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
Svenska   
isiXhosa   

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

French Name
suédois   
xhosa   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
13th Century   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
isiXhosa   

Language Position
89   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
xho   

ISO 639 3
swe   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
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 Swedish 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 Swedish and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Swedish and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swedish are spoken in different Swedish Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swedish vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swedish dialects include: Dialects, Dialects. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swedish and Xhosa Speaking population

Swedish and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Xhosa on Swedish vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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