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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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