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Xhosa vs Turkish


Turkish vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
11   
5

National Language
South Africa   
Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
43   
32
21   
11

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Unjani   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Molo   
günaydın   

Please
Ndicela   
lütfen   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
üzgünüm   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
isiXhosa   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
xhosa   
turc   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Turkish   

History

Origin
16th Century   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Turkic   

Branch
Bantu   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
Not Available   
19   
17

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
tur   

ISO 639 3
xho   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Xhosa and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Turkish language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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