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Slovene and Zulu


Zulu and Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
25   
7
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
50   
35

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia   
Gabon, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
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   

Total No. Of Dialects
48   
31
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

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   

History

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   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Slovene and Zulu Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Slovene and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Slovene and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovene are spoken in different Slovene Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovene vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovene dialects include: Prekmurje Slovene, Resian. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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