Countries
South Africa
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
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 in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.