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Amharic vs Zulu


Zulu vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Pan South African Language Board  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
31  
21
50  
35

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Sawubona  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
unjani  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
okuhle ntambama  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
okuhle ekuseni  

Please
i'bakwon  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
tschao  
bye  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Gabon, South Africa  

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Georgia, South Africa  

Dialect 3
Showa  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
16.00 million  
17

Native Name
Not Available  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
amharique  
zoulou  

German Name
Amharisch  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
13th century  
19  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
55  
40
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
zul  

ISO 639 3
amh  
zul  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
amha1245  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Amharic and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Zulu language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Amharic and Zulu Language History.

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Amharic 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 Amharic and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Zulu language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Amharic vs Zulu Difficulty

The Amharic vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic 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 Amharic and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.

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