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Xhosa vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
South Africa  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Thailand  

Regulated By
-  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
43  
32
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
Hai  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
Unjani  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
Molo  
Selamat pagi  

Please
Ndicela  
sila  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
maaf  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Musi  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
19.00  
99+
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
isiXhosa  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
xhosa  
malais  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
16th Century  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
21  
19
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
may  

ISO 639 3
xho  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
xho  
may  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Xhosa and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Malaysian language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Xhosa and Malaysian Language History.

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Xhosa and Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Malaysian language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Xhosa vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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