Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
South Africa
National Language
Spain
South Africa
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
Gracias
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
unjani
Good Night
Buenas Noches
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Buenos Días
okuhle ekuseni
Please
Por Favor
Ngiyacela
I Love You
Te Quiero
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Mexico
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Cuba
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Español
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
espagnol; castillan
zoulou
German Name
Spanisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
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Ethnicity
Not Available
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Beatu
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
stan1288
zulu1248
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Spanish 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 Spanish and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Zulu language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Zulu Difficulty
The Spanish vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.
