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Xhosa and Gujarati


Gujarati and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
NA   

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
43   
32
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
Unjani   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
Molo   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
Ndicela   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
50.00 million   
22

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
Not Available   

Native Name
isiXhosa   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
xhosa   
goudjrati   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
16th Century   
15   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Bantu   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
guj   

ISO 639 3
xho   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Xhosa and Gujarati Speaking population

Xhosa and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Xhosa vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Gujarati Language Codes

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