Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
South Africa
National Language
Russia
South Africa
Second Language
Afganistan
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Sawubona
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
unjani
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
bye
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Olonets
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Olonets
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Zimbabwe
Native Name
Русский
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Russki
Isizulu, Zunda
German Name
Russisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Russians
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
zulu1248
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
All Russian 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 Russian and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Russian and Zulu Speaking population
Russian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Zulu on Russian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Russian and Zulu Language Codes
Russian and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.