Countries
South Africa
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
bye
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiZulu
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
zoulou
  
arménien
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Armenians
  
Origin
19
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic