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Xhosa and Albanian


Albanian and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  

Regulated By
-  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Romanian  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
43  
32
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
Unjani  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
Molo  
mirëmengjes  

Please
Ndicela  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
Me fal  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Gheg Albanian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
3,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Tosk Albanian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
1,800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
19.00  
99+
100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
3.60 million  
99+

Native Name
isiXhosa  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

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

French Name
xhosa  
albanais  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Albanians  

History

Origin
16th Century  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Standard Albanian  

Language Position
21  
19
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
alb  

ISO 639 3
xho  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
xho  
sqi  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Xhosa and Albanian Speaking population

Xhosa and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian 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 Xhosa and Albanian on Xhosa vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Albanian Language Codes

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

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