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Xhosa vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
South Africa   
East Asia, European Union   

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa   
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe, South America   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Akademio de Esperanto   

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Not Available   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
43   
32
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
Halo   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
Dankon   

How Are You?
Unjani   
Kiel vi sanas?   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
Bonan nokton   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
Bonan vesperon   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
Bonan posttagmezon   

Good Morning
Molo   
Bonan matenon   

Please
Ndicela   
Mi petas   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
Mi bedaŭras!   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
Ĝis poste   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
Mi amas vin   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Pardonu!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Not present   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Not present   

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Not present   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Not present   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Not present   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Not present   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
0   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
0.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
isiXhosa   
Esperanto   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   

French Name
xhosa   
espéranto   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Esperanto   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espeˈranto]   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16th Century   
1887   

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-Esperanto   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Esperanto   

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Signuno   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
eo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
epo   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
epo   

ISO 639 3
xho   
epo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
espe1235   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
51-AAB-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Constructed   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Xhosa and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Esperanto language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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