Countries
South Africa
Armenian Highland
National Language
South Africa
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Greek
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Unjani
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Molo
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Ndicela
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Dialect 2
Thembu
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Not Applicable
Where They Speak
South Africa
Not Applicable
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
isiXhosa
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
xhosa
arménien
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Armenisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Armenians
Origin
16th Century
late 5th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
xhos1239
arme1241
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
57-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Xhosa and Armenian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Xhosa and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Armenian language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Armenian Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Armenian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Xhosa and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.