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Xhosa and Macedonian


Macedonian and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
43   
32
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Debar   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Macedonia   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
28   
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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