Finnish and Xhosa
Countries
European Union, Finland
South Africa
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
South Africa
Second Language
Estonia
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
Kiitos
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
Unjani
Good Night
hyvää yötä
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
Molo
Sorry
Anteeksi
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Heippa
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
Ndiyakuthanda
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Finland
South Africa
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
South Africa
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
South Africa
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Suomi
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
finnois
xhosa
German Name
Finnisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Language Family
Uralic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
isiXhosa
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
finn1318
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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All Finnish and Xhosa Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Finnish and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Finnish and Xhosa Speaking population
Finnish and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Finnish and Xhosa on Finnish vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Xhosa Language Codes
Finnish and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.