Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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
Czech Language
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
unjani
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
Prosím
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
slovenčina
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
slovaque
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
6th Century
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Western
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Deep Zulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Zulu language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Zulu Difficulty
The Slovak vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.