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Romanian vs Zulu


Zulu vs 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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Romanian and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Zulu language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Zulu Language History.

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

Romanian vs Zulu Difficulty

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

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