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Zulu
Zulu
Arabic
Arabic
Arabic and Zulu


Countries
Countries
South Africa   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
23   
4
National Language
South Africa   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia   
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Amharic and Hebrew   
Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Arabic.jpg#200   
Alphabets
57   
34
28   
10
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5
How Many Consonants
50   
35
28   
18
Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   
Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13
Greetings
Hello
Sawubona   
مرحبا   
Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
شكرا   
How Are You?
unjani   
كيف حالك؟   
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
تصبح على خير   
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
مساء الخير   
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
مساء الخير   
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
صباح الخير   
Please
Ngiyacela   
من فضلك   
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
آسف   
Bye
bye   
وداعا   
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
أحبك   
Excuse Me
Uxolo   
اعذرني   
Dialects
Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Maghrebi   
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Sudanese   
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Sudan   
How Many People Speak
Not Available   
17,000,000.00   
6
Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Levantine   
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Cyprus, Levant   
How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
3
Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
26   
22
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
452.00 million   
4
Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
4.43 %   
6
Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
206.00 million   
6
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
246.00 million   
2
Native Name
isiZulu   
(al arabiya) العربية   
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
French Name
zoulou   
arabe   
German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Arabisch   
Pronunciation
Not Available   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Arabs   
History
Origin
19   
512 CE   
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Semitic   
Branch
Beatu   
North Arabic   
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu   
No early forms   
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Modern Standard Arabic   
Language Position
87   
99+
25   
21
Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Arabic   
Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   
Code
ISO 639 1
zu   
ar   
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul   
ara   
ISO 639 2/B
zul   
ara   
ISO 639 3
zul   
ara   
ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   
Glottocode
zulu1248   
arab1395   
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
12-AAC   
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living   
Living   
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   
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All Zulu and Arabic 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 Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Zulu and Arabic Speaking population

Zulu and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Zulu vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Arabic Language Codes

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

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