Xhosa and Macedonian
Countries
South Africa
Macedonia
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
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Alphabets in
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Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
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
Where They Speak
South Africa
Macedonia
Where They Speak
South Africa
Macedonia
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
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Macedonian
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
xhos1239
mace1250
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic
All Xhosa and Macedonian 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 Macedonian dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Macedonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Macedonian Dialects are spoken in different Macedonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Macedonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian , Debar. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Xhosa and Macedonian Speaking population
Xhosa and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 %. 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 Macedonian on Xhosa vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Macedonian Language Codes
Xhosa and Macedonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Macedonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.