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Turkish vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
1  
14

National Language
Turkey  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Botswana, Lesotho  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
-  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
43  
32

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
Molo  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Unjani  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Molo  

Please
lütfen  
Ndicela  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
19.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
Türkçe  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
turc  
xhosa  

German Name
Türkisch  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
16th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
isiXhosa  

Language Position
19  
17
21  
19

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
xho  

ISO 639 3
tur  
xho  

ISO 639 6
tur  
xho  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Turkish and Xhosa Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Xhosa language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Turkish and Xhosa Language History.

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Turkish 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 Turkish and Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Xhosa language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Turkish vs Xhosa Difficulty

The Turkish vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.

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