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Zulu and Amharic


Amharic and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
57   
34
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
50   
35
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
Selam   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
unjani   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Ngiyacela   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
aznallehu   

Bye
bye   
tschao   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
isiZulu   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
zoulou   
amharique   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Amharas   

History

Origin
19   
13th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Semitic   

Branch
Beatu   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Amharic   

Language Position
87   
99+
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
amh   

ISO 639 3
zul   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Zulu and Amharic 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 Zulu and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Zulu and Amharic Speaking population

Zulu and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Zulu and Amharic on Zulu vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Amharic Language Codes

Zulu and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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