Countries
South Africa
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
South Africa
Russia
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
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Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Molo
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Unjani
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Molo
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Ndicela
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Where They Speak
South Africa
Olonets
Where They Speak
South Africa
Novgorod
Native Name
isiXhosa
Русский
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Russki
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Russisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Russians
Origin
16th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
xhos1239
russ1263
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional, Synthetic
All Xhosa and Russian 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 Russian dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Xhosa and Russian Speaking population
Xhosa and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Xhosa vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Russian Language Codes
Xhosa and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.