1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Israel
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Pan South African Language Board
1.8 Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew 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.
1.9 Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Xhosa Language
1.10 Derived From
Aramaic Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
unjani
3.4 Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
okuhle ebusuku
3.5 Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Ngiyacela
3.9 Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
Ngiyaxolisa
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Georgia, South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
9.00 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
4.40 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.60 million16.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
isiZulu
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Isizulu, Zunda
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Zulu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
urban Zulu
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available