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Zulu and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Bulgaria   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
57   
34
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
50   
35
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
unjani   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Ngiyacela   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
bye   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Bulgaria   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
58   
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
7.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
isiZulu   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Balgarski   

French Name
zoulou   
bulgare   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19   
9th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Slavic   

Branch
Beatu   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
87   
99+
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
bul   

ISO 639 3
zul   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Zulu and Bulgarian Speaking population

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

Zulu and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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