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Igbo vs Zulu


Zulu vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Pan South African Language Board  

Interesting Facts
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
28  
18
50  
35

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
Sawubona  

Thank You
dalụ  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
unjani  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
okuhle ntambama  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
okuhle ekuseni  

Please
Biko  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
Ndo  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
Not Available  
bye  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Gabon, South Africa  

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
22
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Not present  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
16.00 million  
17

Native Name
igbo  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
igbo  
zoulou  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
19  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
57  
99+
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
zul  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
zul  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Igbo and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Zulu language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC 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 Igbo and Zulu Language History.

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

Igbo vs Zulu Difficulty

The Igbo vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo 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 Igbo and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.

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