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Xhosa and Armenian


Armenian and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Greek  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
43  
32
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Armenian manuscript  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
Unjani  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
Բարի օր (Bari or)  

Good Morning
Molo  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  

Please
Ndicela  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
կներեք (knerek’)  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
-  

How Many People Speak
19.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
7.00 million  
99+

Native Name
isiXhosa  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  

French Name
xhosa  
arménien  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Armenisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Armenians  

History

Origin
16th Century  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
21  
19
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Signed Armenian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
arm  

ISO 639 3
xho  
hye  

ISO 639 6
xho  
hye  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Xhosa and Armenian Speaking population

Xhosa and Armenian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Armenian languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Armenian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 %. 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 Armenian on Xhosa vs Armenian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Armenian Language Codes

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

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