Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
South Africa
National Language
Turkey
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
- 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
Azerbaijani Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Not Available
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
Unjani
Good Night
İyi Geceler
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
günaydın
Molo
Sorry
üzgünüm
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Hoşçakal
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Thembu
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
German Name
Türkisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Turkish
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
c. 1350
16th Century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
xhos1239
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Turkish 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 Turkish and Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Xhosa language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Turkish vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.