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Croatian and Zulu


Zulu and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
1   
14

National Language
Austria   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
25   
15
50   
35

Scripts
Latin   
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
bok   
Sawubona   

Thank You
hvala   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
kako si   
unjani   

Good Night
laku noć   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
molim   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
Doviđenja   
bye   

I Love You
Volim te   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Gabon, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
hrvatski   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
croate   
zoulou   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
9th century   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
23   
19
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
zul   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Croatian and Zulu Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Croatian and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Croatian and Zulu Speaking population

Croatian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Croatian and Zulu on Croatian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Zulu Language Codes

Croatian and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Croatian and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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