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
