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Bulgarian vs Zulu


Zulu vs Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
30  
12
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
36  
26
50  
35

Scripts
Cyrillic  
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
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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.16 %  
99+

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  

History

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  

Language Position
88  
99+
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Bulgarian and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Bulgarian vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Bulgarian and Zulu language. History of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Bulgarian and Zulu Language History.

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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.

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