Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
Interesting Facts
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
- 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
unjani
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
bye
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
serbe
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
11th Century
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
  
Deep Zulu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Serbian 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 Serbian and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Zulu language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Zulu Difficulty
The Serbian vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian 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 Serbian and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.