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Xhosa and Uzbek


Uzbek and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Turkey, Uzbekistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
43  
32
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
Salom  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
Rakhmat  

How Are You?
Unjani  
Qalay siz?  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
Hayirli tun  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
Hayirli kech  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
Hayirli kun  

Good Morning
Molo  
Hayirli tong  

Please
Ndicela  
Iltimos  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
Kechiring!  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
Xayr  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
Sizni sevaman  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Iltimos! Menga qarang  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Tashkent  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Afghan  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Ferghana  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.39 %  
34

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
26.00 million  
31

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
Not Available  

Native Name
isiXhosa  
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
xhosa  
ouszbek  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Usbekisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Uzbek  

History

Origin
16th Century  
9th–12th centuries AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Turkic  

Branch
Bantu  
Southestern(Chagatai)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Chagatay  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Uzbek  

Language Position
Not Available  
53  
38

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
uz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
uzb  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
uzb  

ISO 639 3
xho  
uzb  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
uzbe1247  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Xhosa and Uzbek Speaking population

Xhosa and Uzbek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Uzbek languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Uzbek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uzbek language is 0.39 %. 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 Uzbek on Xhosa vs Uzbek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Uzbek Language Codes

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

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