Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Uzbek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
20.00 million
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.