Countries
South Africa
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
South Africa
  
France, Spain
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
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 Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
Egun on
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
bye
  
Agur
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiZulu
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
zoulou
  
basque
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Basque people
  
Origin
19
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Basque
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
40-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
  
All Zulu and Basque 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 Basque dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Basque language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Basque Dialects are spoken in different Basque speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Basque Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian , Souletin. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Basque Speaking population
Zulu and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque language is Not Available. 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 Basque on Zulu vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Basque Language Codes
Zulu and Basque language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Basque Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.