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Danish and Zulu


Zulu and Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Swedish   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
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
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Sawubona   

Thank You
Mange tak   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
unjani   

Good Night
God nat   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
God aften   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
God morgen   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
Please   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
Farvel   
bye   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Gabon, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
dansk   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
danois   
zoulou   

German Name
Dänisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
zul   

ISO 639 3
dan   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
dani1284   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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All Danish 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 Danish and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Danish and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Danish are spoken in different Danish Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Danish vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Danish dialects include: Scanian, Jutlandic. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Danish and Zulu Speaking population

Danish and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available 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 Danish and Zulu on Danish vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Zulu Language Codes

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

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