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Croatian vs Zulu


Zulu vs 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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Croatian and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Zulu language. History of Croatian 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 Croatian and Zulu Language History.

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

Croatian vs Zulu Difficulty

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

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