Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
South Africa
  
National Language
East Asia, European Union
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
Interesting Facts
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
Dankon
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?
  
unjani
  
Good Night
Bonan nokton
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
Bonan vesperon
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
Bonan matenon
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
Mi petas
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
Ĝis poste
  
bye
  
I Love You
Mi amas vin
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
Pardonu!
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Zimbabwe
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
2.20 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.20 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Esperanto
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
espéranto
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Esperanto
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
1887
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Esperanto
  
Deep Zulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signuno
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eo
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
epo
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
epo
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
epo
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
espe1235
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
51-AAB-da
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Constructed
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Esperanto and Zulu language. Esperanto word for "Hello" is Halo or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Esperanto Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Esperanto vs Zulu Difficulty
The Esperanto vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Esperanto and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Esperanto is 6 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.