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Xhosa and Swedish


Swedish and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
South Africa   
Sweden   

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
43   
32
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
hej   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
Unjani   
hur mår du   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
godnatt   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Molo   
god morgon   

Please
Ndicela   
vänligen   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
ledsen   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
hej då   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
79   
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
isiXhosa   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
xhosa   
suédois   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
16th Century   
13th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Germanic   

Branch
Bantu   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
Not Available   
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
swe   

ISO 639 3
xho   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Xhosa and Swedish Speaking population

Xhosa and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Xhosa vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Swedish Language Codes

Xhosa and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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