Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Albanian and Zulu 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 Albanian and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Zulu language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Zulu Difficulty
The Albanian vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Zulu 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 Albanian and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.