Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
91
0
46
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National Language
Austria
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
- 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.
Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Church Slavonic
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3053
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2543
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
bok
Molo
Thank You
hvala
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
kako si
Unjani
Good Night
laku noć
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
dobra večer
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
dobro jutro
Molo
Please
molim
Ndicela
Sorry
Oprostite
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Doviđenja
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Volim te
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Chakavian
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Croatia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
660,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Thembu
Where They Speak
Croatia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
South Africa
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0019.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
799
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
89.00 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.60 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.25 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
hrvatski
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
croate
xhosa
German Name
Kroatisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Croats
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
9th century
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
isiXhosa
Language Position
2321
1
120
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Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hr
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hrv
xho
ISO 639 2/B
hrv
xho
ISO 639 3
hrv
xho
ISO 639 6
hrv
xho
Glottocode
croa1245
xhos1239
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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