Xhosa and Javanese
Countries
South Africa
Indonesia
National Language
South Africa
Indonesia
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
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 Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets in
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Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Unjani
piye kabare?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
Molo
Sugeng énjing
Please
Ndicela
matur nuwun
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
South Africa
Indonesia
Where They Speak
South Africa
Indonesia
Where They Speak
South Africa
Indonesia
Native Name
isiXhosa
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
xhosa
javanais
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Javanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
16th Century
450 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indonesian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Javanese
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Javanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
xhos1239
java1253
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
All Xhosa and Javanese 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 Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Xhosa and Javanese Speaking population
Xhosa and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Xhosa vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Javanese Language Codes
Xhosa and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.