1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Finland
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
1.8 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.
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Norwegian and Danish Language
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Old Norse Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
god eftermiddag
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
hej då
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
jag älskar dig
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA78,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA78,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA96,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million15.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million8.70 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Ruotsi, Svenska
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Swedes, Finland Swedes
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
13th Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Northern (Scandinavian)
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Swedish
6.3.2 Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Standard Swedish
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
52-AAA-ck to -cw
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available