Countries
South Africa
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Czech Language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5346
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1015
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4338
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
Ahoj
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Unjani
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
Molo
Dobré ráno
Please
Ndicela
Prosím
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Pardón!
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Dovidenia
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
South Africa
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Thembu
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
South Africa
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
South Africa
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
19.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
94
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiXhosa
slovenčina
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
xhosa
slovaque
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Slovaks
Origin
16th Century
6th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Branch
Bantu
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Slovak
Language Position
2127
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
slk
ISO 639 2/B
xho
slo
ISO 639 3
xho
slk
ISO 639 6
xho
slk
Glottocode
xhos1239
slov1269
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
53-AAA-db
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic