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Xhosa and Luri


Luri and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Iran  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Iran  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
-  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Antartica  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
-  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Persian  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
43  
32
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
25 weeks  
7

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
hello  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Unjani  
how are you  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
Good night  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
Good evening  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Molo  
Good morning  

Please
Ndicela  
Please  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
sorry  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
bye  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
i love you  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
excuse me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Feyli lurish  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran  

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

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Bakhtiari  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Iran  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Laki  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Iran  

How Many People Speak
19.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.00 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
0.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
89.00 million  
10

Native Name
isiXhosa  
nanme  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Lori, Luri, Luristani  

French Name
xhosa  
louri  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
-  

Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Lurs  

History

Origin
16th Century  
19 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Bantu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
gd  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
gd  

Language Position
21  
19
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
12  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
lrc  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
lrc  

ISO 639 3
xho  
12  

ISO 639 6
xho  
lrc  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
12  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Xhosa and Luri Speaking population

Xhosa and Luri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Luri languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Luri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Luri language is 0.00 %. 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 Luri on Xhosa vs Luri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Luri Language Codes

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

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