Xhosa and Croatian
Countries
South Africa
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
National Language
South Africa
Austria
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
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Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
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Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
hvala
How Are You?
Unjani
kako si
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
laku noć
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
dobar dan
Good Morning
Molo
dobro jutro
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Oprostite
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Doviđenja
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Volim te
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Chakavian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Croatia
Dialect 2
Thembu
Chakavian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Croatia
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Native Name
isiXhosa
hrvatski
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Hrvatski
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Croats
Origin
16th Century
9th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
xhos1239
croa1245
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional, Synthetic
All Xhosa and Croatian 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 Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Xhosa and Croatian Speaking population
Xhosa and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Xhosa vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Croatian Language Codes
Xhosa and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.