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Xhosa vs Marwari


Marwari vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Rajastan, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Rajastan, India   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Nepal, Pakistan   

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.
  
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Gujarati Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
43   
32
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
khammaghani   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
dhanyavaad   

How Are You?
Unjani   
Kikan ho sa?   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
shubh raatri   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
Shubh Honjh   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
Shubh Befar   

Good Morning
Molo   
Shubh Havar   

Please
Ndicela   
kirpa   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
Maaf Karo   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
bye   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
main tanne pyaar karoon   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
maaf karo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Jogi   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
India   

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Bagri   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
India   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Dhundhari   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million   
99+
22.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.21 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
14.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
Not Available   

Native Name
isiXhosa   
Marwari   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani   

French Name
xhosa   
marvari   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Marwari   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Marwari or Marwadi   

History

Origin
16th Century   
16   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Marwari   

Language Position
Not Available   
72   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
mwr   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
mwr   

ISO 639 3
xho   
mwr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
raja1256   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Xhosa and Marwari Language History

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

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

Xhosa vs Marwari Difficulty

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

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