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Xhosa vs Romanian


Romanian vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
South Africa   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
7   
4

How Many Consonants
43   
32
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
alo   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
multumesc   

How Are You?
Unjani   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
Molo   
bună Dimineața   

Please
Ndicela   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
scuze   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
La revedere   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
isiXhosa   
Română   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
xhosa   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Romanians   

History

Origin
16th Century   
1521   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Romanian   

Language Position
Not Available   
36   
28

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
rum   

ISO 639 3
xho   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Xhosa and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Romanian language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Romanian Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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