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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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