Countries
South Africa
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
South Africa
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Armenian
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Molo
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Unjani
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Molo
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Ndicela
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
South Africa
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
South Africa
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
South Africa
Ukraine
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
isiXhosa
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
xhosa
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
16th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Hellenic
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
xhos1239
gree1276
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Xhosa and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Greek language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Greek Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.