Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
South Africa
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
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Interesting Facts
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
- 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Molo
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Unjani
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Molo
Please
Молим (Molim)
Ndicela
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
South Africa
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Thembu
Where They Speak
Serbia
South Africa
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
South Africa
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
German Name
Serbisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Serbs
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
11th Century
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
isiXhosa
Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
serb1264
xhos1239
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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All Serbian 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 Serbian and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Serbian and Xhosa Speaking population
Serbian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian 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 Serbian and Xhosa on Serbian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Serbian and Xhosa Language Codes
Serbian and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.