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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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