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Zulu and Slovak


Slovak and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
South Africa   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
15   
12

How Many Consonants
50   
35
38   
27

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
Ahoj   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
unjani   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
Dobré ráno   

Please
Ngiyacela   
Prosím   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
Pardón!   

Bye
bye   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
5.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
isiZulu   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
zoulou   
slovaque   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
19   
6th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Slavic   

Branch
Beatu   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Slovak   

Language Position
87   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
slo   

ISO 639 3
zul   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Zulu and Slovak Speaking population

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

Zulu and Slovak Language Codes

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

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