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Xhosa and Serbian


Serbian and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
South Africa  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
-  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
43  
32
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Unjani  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Molo  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
Ndicela  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
19.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
isiXhosa  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Montenegrin  

French Name
xhosa  
serbe  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Serbs  

History

Origin
16th Century  
11th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
21  
19
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
srp  

ISO 639 3
xho  
srp  

ISO 639 6
xho  
srp  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Xhosa and Serbian Speaking population

Xhosa and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. 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 Serbian on Xhosa vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Serbian Language Codes

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

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