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Xhosa vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

National Language
South Africa  
Portugal  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
43  
32
19  
9

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  
Olá  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Unjani  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Molo  
bom Dia  

Please
Ndicela  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
pesaroso  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
tchau  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Thembu  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
19.00  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
isiXhosa  
Português  

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

French Name
xhosa  
portugais  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
16th Century  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Romance  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Portuguese  

Language Position
21  
19
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
por  

ISO 639 3
xho  
por  

ISO 639 6
xho  
por  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
port1283  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
51-AAA-a  

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 Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Portuguese language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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