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Xhosa and Finnish Speaking countries


Finnish and Xhosa Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Not Available   

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Xhosa and Finnish as Minority Language

In Xhosa and Finnish speaking countries you will get the countries which have Xhosa and Finnish as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Xhosa as minority language: Botswana, Lesotho.
  • Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.

If you want to compare Xhosa and Finnish dialects, then you can go to Xhosa vs Finnish Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Xhosa and Finnish Regulators

Xhosa and Finnish speaking countries provide you Xhosa and Finnish regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Xhosa is not regulated.Finnish is regulated by Institute for the Languages of Finland. Also get to learn, Xhosa and Finnish Language History.

Xhosa and Finnish Continents

Thinking about Xhosa and Finnish continents in which Xhosa and Finnish speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Xhosa and Finnish. Most of the Xhosa speaking countries lie in Africa. While Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Xhosa and Finnish languages:

Xhosa Interesting Facts:

Finnish Interesting Facts:

The Xhosa language was derived from Khoi-Khoi and San Languages and is similar to Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele whereas Xhosa language is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages and derived from Not Available.

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