Countries
South Africa
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
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 in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.