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Xhosa vs Sindhi


Sindhi vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
India, Pakistan, Sindh   

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   
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority   

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.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Gujarati   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
64   
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
43   
32
42   
31

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
Assalam O Alaikum   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
Meharbani   

How Are You?
Unjani   
Kehra haal aahin   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
tava kia aayo   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
Sham Jo Salam   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
Assalam o Alaikum   

Good Morning
Molo   
Subho Bakhair   

Please
Ndicela   
Mehrbani   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
Moon khe afsos aahe   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
Allah Wahi   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
Man tokhe prem karyan ti   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Maaf Kajo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Siraiki   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Upper Sindh   

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Vicholi   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Central Sindh   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Lari   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Lower Sindh   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million   
99+
29.00 million   
37

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.39 %   
34

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
Not Available   

Native Name
isiXhosa   
Not Available   

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

French Name
xhosa   
sindhi   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Sindhi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16th Century   
711 A.D   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Bantu   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Sindhi   

Language Position
Not Available   
50   
37

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
sd   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
snd   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
snd   

ISO 639 3
xho   
snd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
sind1272   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Xhosa and Sindhi Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Sindhi language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Sindhi language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D. 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 Sindhi Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Sindhi Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Sindhi 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 Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Sindhi time required is Not Available.

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