Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
South Africa
National Language
Germany
South Africa
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Danke
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
unjani
Good Night
gute Nacht
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
guten Abend
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
guten Morgen
okuhle ekuseni
Sorry
Verzeihung
Ngiyaxolisa
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Swabian German
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Germany
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Texas German
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Texas
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
allemand
zoulou
German Name
Deutsch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Germans
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Signed German
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
zulu1248
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
German 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 German and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Zulu language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common German Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Zulu Difficulty
The German vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.