Countries
South Africa
  
Turkey, Uzbekistan
  
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 in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uzbek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.
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.