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Zulu and Croatian


Croatian and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
9   
7

National Language
South Africa   
Austria   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
50   
35
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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   
bok   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
hvala   

How Are You?
unjani   
kako si   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
laku noć   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
dobro jutro   

Please
Ngiyacela   
molim   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
Oprostite   

Bye
bye   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
isiZulu   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Hrvatski   

French Name
zoulou   
croate   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Croats   

History

Origin
19   
9th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Beatu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
87   
99+
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
zul   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Zulu and Croatian Speaking population

Zulu and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Zulu vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Croatian Language Codes

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

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