Countries
South Africa
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
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Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5331
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4326
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Unjani
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Molo
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Ndicela
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
жал (žal)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Torlakian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Debar
Where They Speak
South Africa
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hlubi
Galičnik
Where They Speak
South Africa
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
19.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
928
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiXhosa
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
xhosa
macédonien
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Macedonians
Origin
16th Century
2200 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Branch
Bantu
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Macedonian
Language Position
2145
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
xho
mac
ISO 639 3
xho
mkd
ISO 639 6
xho
mkd
Glottocode
xhos1239
mace1250
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic