Xhosa and Serbian
Countries
South Africa
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
South Africa
Southeastern Serbia
Dialect 2
Thembu
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
South Africa
Serbia
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Torlakian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
isiXhosa
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Montenegrin
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Serbisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Serbs
Origin
16th Century
11th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Standard Serbian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
xhos1239
serb1264
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
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.
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 Not Available. 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.