Finnish and Zulu
Countries
European Union, Finland
South Africa
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
South Africa
Second Language
Estonia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Kiitos
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
unjani
Good Night
hyvää yötä
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
okuhle ekuseni
Sorry
Anteeksi
Ngiyaxolisa
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Finland
Gabon, South Africa
Dialect 2
Rauma
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Suomi
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
finnois
zoulou
German Name
Finnisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
Not Available
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Zulu people
Language Family
Uralic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Deep Zulu
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
finn1318
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available
All Finnish 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 Finnish and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Finnish and Zulu Speaking population
Finnish and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish 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 Finnish and Zulu on Finnish vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Zulu Language Codes
Finnish and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.