Countries
South Africa
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
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.
  
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Please
Ndicela
  
Молим (Molim)
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Serbia
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Montenegrin
  
French Name
xhosa
  
serbe
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Serbisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Serbs
  
Origin
16th Century
  
11th Century
  
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
  
Standard Serbian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
sr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
srp
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
srp
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
srp
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
serb1264
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Xhosa and Serbian 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 Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Serbian language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Serbian Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Serbian 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 Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.