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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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