Javanese and Xhosa
Countries
Indonesia
South Africa
National Language
Indonesia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Not Available
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Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Not Available
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
matur nuwun
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
piye kabare?
Unjani
Good Night
wengi sing apik
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
Molo
Please
Not Available
Ndicela
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Indonesia
South Africa
Where They Speak
Indonesia
South Africa
Where They Speak
Indonesia
South Africa
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
basa Jawa
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
javanais
xhosa
German Name
Javanisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
450 AD
16th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Javanese
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
java1253
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
Not Available
All Javanese 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 Javanese and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Javanese and Xhosa Speaking population
Javanese and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Xhosa on Javanese vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Javanese and Xhosa Language Codes
Javanese and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.