Countries
European Union, Slovenia
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
Hvala
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
  
unjani
  
Good Night
Lahko noč
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
Dober večer
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
Prosim
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
Nasvidenje
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ljubim te
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
Oprostite
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Resian
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Styrian
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Slovenia
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Not available
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
slovène
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Slowenisch
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Slovenes
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
972-1093
  
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
Slovene
  
Deep Zulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sl
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slv
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
slv
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
slv
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1268
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Slovene and Zulu Speaking population
Slovene and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovene and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Slovene and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovene language is Not Available 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 Slovene and Zulu on Slovene vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Slovene and Zulu Language Codes
Slovene and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovene and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.