Countries
South Africa
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Ndicela
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
xhosa
  
albanais
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Albanians
  
Origin
16th Century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Standard Albanian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Xhosa and Albanian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Xhosa and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Albanian language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Albanian Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Albanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Xhosa and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.