Countries
European Union, Slovenia
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2553
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2043
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Molo
Thank You
Hvala
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
Unjani
Good Night
Lahko noč
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Dober večer
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Molo
Please
Prosim
Ndicela
Sorry
Oprostite
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Nasvidenje
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Ljubim te
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
80,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Resian
Thembu
Where They Speak
Italy
South Africa
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Styrian
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Slovenia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
489
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.50 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
2.50 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Slovenščina
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
slovène
xhosa
German Name
Slowenisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Slovenes
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
972-1093
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Slovene
isiXhosa
Language Position
2821
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sl
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slv
xho
ISO 639 2/B
slv
xho
ISO 639 3
slv
xho
ISO 639 6
slv
xho
Glottocode
slov1268
xhos1239
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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