Countries
South Africa
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
National Language
South Africa
Turkey
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
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Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Azerbaijani Language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
Unjani
Nasılsın?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Tünaydın
Good Morning
Molo
günaydın
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
üzgünüm
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Hoşçakal
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
South Africa
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 2
Thembu
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
South Africa
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Where They Speak
South Africa
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Native Name
isiXhosa
Türkçe
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Anatolian, Türkisch
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Türkisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Turkish
Origin
16th Century
c. 1350
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Turkic
Branch
Bantu
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
xhos1239
nucl1301
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
Xhosa and Turkish 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 Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Turkish language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Turkish Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.