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Norwegian vs Zulu


Zulu vs 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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Norwegian and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Zulu language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD 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 Norwegian and Zulu Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Zulu Difficulty

The Norwegian vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.

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