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Uzbek and Xhosa


Xhosa and Uzbek


Countries

Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Botswana, Lesotho  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
  • 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
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Not Available  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
24  
14
43  
32

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Salom  
Molo  

Thank You
Rakhmat  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
Qalay siz?  
Unjani  

Good Night
Hayirli tun  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
Hayirli kech  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
Hayirli tong  
Molo  

Please
Iltimos  
Ndicela  

Sorry
Kechiring!  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
Xayr  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
Sizni sevaman  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tashkent  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
South Africa  

Dialect 2
Afghan  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
South Africa  

Dialect 3
Ferghana  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.39 %  
34
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
26.00 million  
31
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
ouszbek  
xhosa  

German Name
Usbekisch  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Uzbek  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
9th–12th centuries AD  
16th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Chagatay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Uzbek  
isiXhosa  

Language Position
53  
38
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uz  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uzb  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
uzb  
xho  

ISO 639 3
uzb  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
uzbe1247  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Uzbek and Xhosa Speaking population

Uzbek and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uzbek and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Uzbek and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uzbek language is 0.39 % 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 Uzbek and Xhosa on Uzbek vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uzbek and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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