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Italian and Zulu


Zulu and Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
South Africa   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
16   
6
50   
35

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
Sawubona   

Thank You
grazie   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
unjani   

Good Night
buonanotte   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
buonasera   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
Per Favore   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
scusate   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
arrivederci   
bye   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Gabon, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Georgia, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Italiano   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
italien   
zoulou   

German Name
Italienisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
960 BC   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
27   
23
87   
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
zul   

ISO 639 3
ita   
zul   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Italian 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 Italian and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Italian and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Italian are spoken in different Italian Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Italian vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Italian dialects include: Romanesco, Central Italian. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Italian and Zulu Speaking population

Italian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Zulu on Italian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Zulu Language Codes

Italian and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Italian and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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