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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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