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Zulu and Esperanto


Esperanto and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
South Africa   
East Asia, European Union   

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Akademio de Esperanto   

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
50   
35
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
Halo   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
Dankon   

How Are You?
unjani   
Kiel vi sanas?   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
Bonan nokton   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
Bonan vesperon   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
Bonan posttagmezon   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
Bonan matenon   

Please
Ngiyacela   
Mi petas   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
Mi bedaŭras!   

Bye
bye   
Ĝis poste   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
Mi amas vin   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Pardonu!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Not present   

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Not present   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Not present   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
0   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
0.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
isiZulu   
Esperanto   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   

French Name
zoulou   
espéranto   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Esperanto   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espeˈranto]   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19   
1887   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Beatu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
Proto-Esperanto   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Esperanto   

Language Position
87   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signuno   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
eo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
epo   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
epo   

ISO 639 3
zul   
epo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
espe1235   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
51-AAB-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Constructed   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Zulu and Esperanto Speaking population

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

Zulu and Esperanto Language Codes

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

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