Countries
South Africa
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
South Africa
Russia
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Not Available
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian 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.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Molo
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Unjani
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Molo
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Ndicela
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
South Africa
Olonets
Where They Speak
South Africa
Novgorod
Native Name
isiXhosa
Русский
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Russki
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Russisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Russians
Origin
16th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Standard Russian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
xhos1239
russ1263
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Xhosa and Russian 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Russian language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Russian Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.