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Xhosa vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Old German Language   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
16   
13

How Many Consonants
43   
32
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   

How Are You?
Unjani   
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
शुभः सायंकालः   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
शुभ दुपार   

Good Morning
Molo   
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   

Please
Ndicela   
कृपया (kripayā)   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Not present   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Not present   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Not present   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
0   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
14.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
Not Available   

Native Name
isiXhosa   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Not Available   

French Name
xhosa   
sanskrit   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Sanskrit   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16th Century   
2000 B.C.   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Bantu   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Sanskrit   

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
san   

ISO 639 3
xho   
san   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Ancient   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Xhosa and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Sanskrit language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. 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 Sanskrit Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Sanskrit Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.

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