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Slovak and Xhosa


Xhosa and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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
Czech Language   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46   
26
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
10   
7

How Many Consonants
38   
27
43   
32

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj   
Molo   

Thank You
Ďakujem vám   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?   
Unjani   

Good Night
Dobrú noc   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
Dobrý večer   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
Dobré ráno   
Molo   

Please
Prosím   
Ndicela   

Sorry
Pardón!   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
Dovidenia   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   
South Africa   

Dialect 2
Central Slovak   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Western Slovak   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.20 million   
99+
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.20 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
slovenčina   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
slovaque   
xhosa   

German Name
Slowakisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Slovaks   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
6th Century   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Western   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Slovak   
isiXhosa   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sk   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
slo   
xho   

ISO 639 3
slk   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1269   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Slovak and Xhosa Speaking population

Slovak and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is Not Available 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 Slovak and Xhosa on Slovak vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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