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Zulu and Estonian


Estonian and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Estonia, Gambia   

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   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Institute of the Estonian 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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Finnish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
50   
35
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
Tere   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
aitäh   

How Are You?
unjani   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
Tere hommikust   

Please
Ngiyacela   
Palun   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
Vabandust   

Bye
bye   
Head aega   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Georgia, South Estonia   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
0.95 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
isiZulu   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Eesti keel   

French Name
zoulou   
estonien   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Estonians   

History

Origin
19   
13th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Beatu   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Estonian   

Language Position
87   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
est   

ISO 639 3
zul   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Zulu and Estonian Speaking population

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

Zulu and Estonian Language Codes

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

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