Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
Interesting Facts
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
- 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
Macedonian language
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
unjani
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
bye
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
bulgare
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Southern
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Deep Zulu
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Zulu language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bulgarian vs Zulu Difficulty
The Bulgarian vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.