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
Not Available
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]
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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
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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
Russian 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 Russian and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Zulu language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Zulu Difficulty
The Russian vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.