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Gujarati and Xhosa


Xhosa and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Botswana, Lesotho  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
31  
21
43  
32

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
Molo  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
Unjani  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
Molo  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
Ndicela  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Surati  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
-  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
19.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
goudjrati  
xhosa  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
15  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Indic  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
isiXhosa  

Language Position
23  
21
21  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
xho  

ISO 639 3
guj  
xho  

ISO 639 6
guj  
xho  

Glottocode
guja1252  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Gujarati and Xhosa Speaking population

Gujarati and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Xhosa on Gujarati vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Xhosa Language Codes

Gujarati and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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