Countries
South Africa
  
Indonesia
  
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 in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
82.00 million
  
19
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)
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.