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Xhosa vs Javanese


Javanese vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Indonesia  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

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 Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
43  
32
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
Halo  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
Unjani  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
Molo  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
Ndicela  
Not Available  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Indonesia  

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Indonesia  

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
1.25 %  
13

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
Not Available  

Native Name
isiXhosa  
basa Jawa  

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

French Name
xhosa  
javanais  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  

History

Origin
16th Century  
450 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indonesian  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Javanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
11  
10

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
jav  

ISO 639 3
xho  
jav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
java1253  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Xhosa and Javanese Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Javanese language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 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 Javanese Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Javanese Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Javanese 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 Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.

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