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Xhosa and Swedish


Swedish and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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
-  
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
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
43  
32
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

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
19,000,000.00  
30
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
France  

How Many People Speak
19.00  
99+
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
15.00 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
5.00 million  
99+

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
21  
19
89  
99+

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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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.

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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.

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