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Xhosa vs Romanian


Romanian vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

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

Alphabets in
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Romanian.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
43  
32
20  
10

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  
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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
19.00  
99+
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
4.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
21  
19
36  
33

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Xhosa and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Romanian language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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