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Xhosa and Turkish


Turkish and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

National Language
South Africa  
Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
-  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
43  
32
21  
11

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Unjani  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Molo  
günaydın  

Please
Ndicela  
lütfen  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
19.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
isiXhosa  
Türkçe  

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

French Name
xhosa  
turc  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Turkish  

History

Origin
16th Century  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Turkic  

Branch
Bantu  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
21  
19
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
tur  

ISO 639 3
xho  
tur  

ISO 639 6
xho  
tur  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Xhosa and Turkish Speaking population

Xhosa and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Xhosa vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Turkish Language Codes

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

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