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Xhosa and Czech


Czech and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Czech Republic, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Czech Republic   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute of the Czech Language   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
32   
21

How Many Consonants
43   
32
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
ahoj   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
děkuji   

How Are You?
Unjani   
Jak se máš?   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
dobrou noc   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
dobré odpoledne   

Good Morning
Molo   
dobré ráno   

Please
Ndicela   
prosím   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
litovat   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
sbohem   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
Miluji tě   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
promiňte   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Chod   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Chodsko, Bohemia   

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Lach   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Moravian   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
27

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
Not Available   

Native Name
isiXhosa   
čeština / český jazyk   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Bohemian, Cestina   

French Name
xhosa   
tchèque   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Tschechisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Czechs   

History

Origin
16th Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Slavic   

Branch
Bantu   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Standard Czech   

Language Position
Not Available   
73   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Czech Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
cs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
ces   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
cze   

ISO 639 3
xho   
ces   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
czec1258   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
53-AAA-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Xhosa and Czech Speaking population

Xhosa and Czech speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Czech languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Czech Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Czech language is 0.15 %. 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 Xhosa and Czech on Xhosa vs Czech where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Czech Language Codes

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

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