Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
South Africa
National Language
Russia
South Africa
Second Language
Afganistan
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Molo
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Unjani
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Molo
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Ndicela
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Olonets
South Africa
Where They Speak
Novgorod
South Africa
Native Name
Русский
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Russki
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
German Name
Russisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
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Ethnicity
Russians
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
1000 AD
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
russ1263
xhos1239
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Russian and Xhosa 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 Russian and Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Xhosa language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Russian vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Russian and Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.