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Romanian and Zulu


Zulu and Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
South Africa   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
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
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Sawubona   

Thank You
multumesc   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
unjani   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
Vă Rog   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
scuze   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
La revedere   
bye   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Gabon, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Georgia, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Română   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
zoulou   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
1521   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
36   
28
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
zul   

ISO 639 3
ron   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Romanian and Zulu Speaking population

Romanian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Romanian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Romanian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 % 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 Romanian and Zulu on Romanian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Romanian and Zulu Language Codes

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

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