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Macedonian vs Zulu


Zulu vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Pan South African Language Board  

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
26  
16
50  
35

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Sawubona  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
unjani  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
okuhle ntambama  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
okuhle ekuseni  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
bye  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Gabon, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Debar  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Georgia, South Africa  

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
16.00 million  
17

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
macédonien  
zoulou  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
19  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Southern  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
Not Available  
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
zul  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
zul  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mace1250  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Not Available  

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Macedonian and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Zulu language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 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 Macedonian and Zulu Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Zulu Difficulty

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

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