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Galician vs Zulu


Zulu vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Galicia   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
19   
9
50   
35

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
Sawubona   

Thank You
Grazas   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
unjani   

Good Night
Boas noites   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
Bos días   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
Por favor   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
Adeus   
bye   

I Love You
Ámote   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Gabon, South Africa   

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Galego   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
galicien   
zoulou   

German Name
Galicisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
zul   

ISO 639 3
glg   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Galician and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Zulu language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 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 Galician and Zulu Language History.

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

Galician vs Zulu Difficulty

The Galician vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician 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 Galician and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.

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