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Albanian vs Zulu


Zulu vs 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.
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  • 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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Albanian and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Zulu language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Albanian and Zulu Language History.

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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.

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