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Estonian vs Zulu


Zulu vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Pan South African Language Board  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish 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
Finnish  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
18  
8
50  
35

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Sawubona  

Thank You
aitäh  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
unjani  

Good Night
Head ööd  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
okuhle ntambama  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
okuhle ekuseni  

Please
Palun  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
Vabandust  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
Head aega  
bye  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Gabon, South Africa  

Dialect 2
Tartu  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Georgia, South Africa  

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
16.00 million  
17

Native Name
eesti keel  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
estonien  
zoulou  

German Name
Estnisch  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
13th century  
19  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Finnic  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
Not Available  
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
zul  

ISO 639 3
est  
zul  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Estonian and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Zulu language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian and Zulu Language History.

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

Estonian vs Zulu Difficulty

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

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