Xhosa and Finnish
Countries
South Africa
European Union, Finland
National Language
South Africa
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
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Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Kiitos
How Are You?
Unjani
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
Molo
Hyvää huomenta
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Anteeksi
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Heippa
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Minä rakastan sinua
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
South Africa
Finland
Where They Speak
South Africa
Finland, Rauma
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
South Africa
Finland, Sweden
Native Name
isiXhosa
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Suomi
French Name
xhosa
finnois
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Finnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
ethnic Finns
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
standard Finnish
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
xhos1239
finn1318
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Xhosa and Finnish 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 Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Xhosa and Finnish Speaking population
Xhosa and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 %. 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 Finnish on Xhosa vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Finnish Language Codes
Xhosa and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.