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Norwegian and Zulu


Zulu and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Norway   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
50   
35

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Sawubona   

Thank You
takk   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
unjani   

Good Night
god natt   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
god kveld   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
god morgen   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
Vær så snill   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
ha det   
bye   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Gabon, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Norsk   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
zoulou   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
zul   

ISO 639 3
nor   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Norwegian and Zulu Speaking population

Norwegian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available 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 Norwegian and Zulu on Norwegian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Zulu Language Codes

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

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