Countries
South Africa
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Ndicela
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
xhosa
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
16th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Modern Greek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Xhosa and Greek Speaking population
Xhosa and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Xhosa vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Greek Language Codes
Xhosa and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.