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Xhosa vs Croatian


Croatian vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
9   
7

National Language
South Africa   
Austria   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

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 croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
43   
32
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
bok   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
hvala   

How Are You?
Unjani   
kako si   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
laku noć   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
Molo   
dobro jutro   

Please
Ndicela   
molim   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
Oprostite   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million   
99+
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
isiXhosa   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Hrvatski   

French Name
xhosa   
croate   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Croats   

History

Origin
16th Century   
9th 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   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
xho   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Xhosa and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Croatian language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Croatian Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Croatian Difficulty

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

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