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Albanian and Zulu


Zulu and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
South Africa   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
36   
18
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
29   
19
50   
35

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Sawubona   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
unjani   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
Ju lutem   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
Me fal   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
mirupafshim   
bye   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Gabon, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Georgia, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
albanais   
zoulou   

German Name
Albanisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
zul   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Albanian and Zulu Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Albanian and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Albanian and Zulu Speaking population

Albanian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Albanian and Zulu on Albanian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Zulu Language Codes

Albanian and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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