Countries
South Africa
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5331
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
107
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4320
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
alo
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
multumesc
How Are You?
Unjani
ce mai faci?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
noapte Buna
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
buna Ziua
Good Morning
Molo
bună Dimineața
Please
Ndicela
Vă Rog
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
scuze
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
La revedere
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Aromanian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hlubi
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Croatia
How Many People Speak
19.001,400.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
910
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiXhosa
Română
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
xhosa
roumain; moldave
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Romanians
Origin
16th Century
1521
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Romanian
Language Position
2136
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
ron
ISO 639 2/B
xho
rum
ISO 639 3
xho
ron
ISO 639 6
xho
ron
Glottocode
xhos1239
roma1327
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic