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Xhosa vs German


German vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
South Africa   
Germany   

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
43   
32
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
hallo   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
Danke   

How Are You?
Unjani   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Molo   
guten Morgen   

Please
Ndicela   
bitte   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
isiXhosa   
Deutsch   

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

French Name
xhosa   
allemand   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Germans   

History

Origin
16th Century   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Germanic   

Branch
Bantu   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
Not Available   
9   
9

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
ger   

ISO 639 3
xho   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Xhosa and German Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and German language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Xhosa vs German Difficulty

The Xhosa vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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