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Basque vs Zulu


Zulu vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
France, Spain   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • 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
Spanish   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
50   
35

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
Sawubona   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
unjani   

Good Night
Gabon   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
Egun on   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
Mesedez   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
Barkatu   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
Agur   
bye   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
France   
Gabon, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Souletin   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Georgia, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Not available   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
basque   
zoulou   

German Name
Baskisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
19   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Basque   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
zul   

ISO 639 3
eus   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
basq1248   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Basque and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Zulu language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 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 Basque and Zulu Language History.

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

Basque vs Zulu Difficulty

The Basque vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque 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 Basque and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.

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