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Zulu and Korean


Korean and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
South Africa   
North Korea, South Korea   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
The National Institute of the Korean 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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
21   
18

How Many Consonants
50   
35
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
unjani   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
Ngiyacela   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
bye   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
isiZulu   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
zoulou   
coréen   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Koreans   

History

Origin
19   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Beatu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
87   
99+
12   
11

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
kor   

ISO 639 3
zul   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Zulu and Korean Speaking population

Zulu and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Zulu vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Korean Language Codes

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

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