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Zulu and Serbian


Serbian and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
South Africa   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

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   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Serbian-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   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
unjani   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
Ngiyacela   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
bye   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Southeastern Serbia   

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Serbia   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
isiZulu   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Montenegrin   

French Name
zoulou   
serbe   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Serbs   

History

Origin
19   
11th 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   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
87   
99+
44   
33

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
srp   

ISO 639 3
zul   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Zulu and Serbian Speaking population

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

Zulu and Serbian Language Codes

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

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