Countries
South Africa
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
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 in
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Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.