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Xhosa vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
China   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

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.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
43   
32
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
Unjani   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Molo   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
Ndicela   
birdam   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
kachurung   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
China   

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
China   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
China   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
7   
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
Not Available   

Native Name
isiXhosa   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   

French Name
xhosa   
ouïgour   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
16th Century   
11   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Uyghur   

Language Position
Not Available   
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
uig   

ISO 639 3
xho   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Xhosa and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Uyghur language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11. 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 Uyghur Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Uyghur Difficulty

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

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