Countries
South Africa
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
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.
  
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Ndicela
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Macedonia
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
xhosa
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
16th Century
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Macedonian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic
  
Xhosa and Macedonian Speaking population
Xhosa and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is Not Available. 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 Macedonian on Xhosa vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Macedonian Language Codes
Xhosa and Macedonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Macedonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.