Countries
South Africa
  
Turkey, Uzbekistan
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uzbek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
Salom
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Rakhmat
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Qalay siz?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
Hayirli tun
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Hayirli kech
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Hayirli kun
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
Hayirli tong
  
Please
Ndicela
  
Iltimos
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
Kechiring!
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
Xayr
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Sizni sevaman
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Iltimos! Menga qarang
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Tashkent
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Afghan
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Ferghana
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
26.00 million
  
31
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
xhosa
  
ouszbek
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Usbekisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Uzbek
  
Origin
16th Century
  
9th–12th centuries AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Southestern(Chagatai)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Chagatay
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Uzbek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
uz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
uzb
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
uzb
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
uzb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
uzbe1247
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Xhosa and Uzbek 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 Uzbek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Uzbek language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Uzbek word for "Thank You" is Rakhmat. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Uzbek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Uzbek Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Uzbek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Uzbek 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 Uzbek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Uzbek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Uzbek time required is 44 weeks.