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Xhosa vs Armenian


Armenian vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Greek  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
43  
32
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Armenian manuscript  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
Unjani  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
Բարի օր (Bari or)  

Good Morning
Molo  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  

Please
Ndicela  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
կներեք (knerek’)  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Not Applicable  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Not Applicable  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
Not Available  

Native Name
isiXhosa  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  

French Name
xhosa  
arménien  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Armenisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Armenians  

History

Origin
16th Century  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
arm  

ISO 639 3
xho  
hye  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Xhosa and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Armenian language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Xhosa and Armenian Language History.

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Xhosa and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Armenian language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Xhosa vs Armenian Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Armenian 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 Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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