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Slovak vs Zulu


Zulu vs Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
46  
26
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
7  
4

How Many Consonants
38  
27
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
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.20 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.16 %  
99+

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  

History

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  
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Slovak and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Zulu language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century 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 Slovak and Zulu Language History.

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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.

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