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Xhosa
Xhosa

Swedish
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Countries

Countries

South Africa
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Sweden

Second Language

Lesotho, South Africa
Finland

Speaking Continents

Africa
Antartica, Europe

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

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Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council

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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.

Similar To

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Norwegian and Danish Language

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5329
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

109
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4318
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Molo
hej

Thank You

Ndiyabulela
tacka dig

How Are You?

Unjani
hur mår du

Good Night

Ulale kakuhle
godnatt

Good Evening

Ubusuku obuhle
god kväll

Good Afternoon

Uben' emva kwemini entle
god eftermiddag

Good Morning

Molo
god morgon

Please

Ndicela
vänligen

Sorry

Ndicela uxolo
ledsen

Bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
hej då

I Love You

Ndiyakuthanda
jag älskar dig

Excuse Me

Uxolo
ursäkta mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gcaleka
Dialects

Where They Speak

South Africa
Gabon

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.0078,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Thembu
Dialects

Where They Speak

South Africa
Georgia

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.0078,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hlubi
Dialects

Where They Speak

South Africa
France

How Many People Speak

19.0096,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

979
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million15.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.20 million8.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million5.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiXhosa
Svenska

Alternative Names

“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Ruotsi, Svenska

French Name

xhosa
suédois

German Name

Xhosa-Sprache
Schwedisch

Pronunciation

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]

Ethnicity

amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Swedes, Finland Swedes

History

Origin

16th Century
13th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Germanic

Branch

Bantu
Northern (Scandinavian)

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Swedish

Standard Forms

isiXhosa
Standard Swedish

Language Position

2189
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Xhosa
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

xh
sv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

xho
swe

ISO 639 2/B

xho
swe

ISO 639 3

xho
swe

ISO 639 6

xho
swe

Glottocode

xhos1239
swed1254

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fa
52-AAA-ck to -cw

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Xhosa and Swedish Alphabets

Xhosa and Swedish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Swedish. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Swedish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Xhosa and Swedish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Swedish languages. The Xhosa phonology consist Xhosa vowels and Xhosa consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Xhosa greetings vs Swedish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Swedish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Xhosa and Swedish Speaking population

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

Xhosa and Swedish Language Codes

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