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Uzbek vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs 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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Uzbek and Xhosa Language History

Comparison of Uzbek vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of Uzbek and Xhosa language. History of Uzbek language states that this language originated in 9th–12th centuries AD whereas history of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Uzbek and Xhosa Language History.

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Uzbek 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 Uzbek and Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uzbek and Xhosa language. Uzbek word for "Hello" is Salom or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Uzbek Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Uzbek vs Xhosa Difficulty

The Uzbek vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uzbek 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 Uzbek and Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uzbek and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uzbek is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.

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