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Zulu vs Albanian


Albanian vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   

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.
  
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Romanian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
50   
35
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
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   
Përshëndetje   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
Ju faleminderit   

How Are You?
unjani   
Si jeni?   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
natën e mirë   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
mirëmbrëma   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
mirëdita   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
mirëmengjes   

Please
Ngiyacela   
Ju lutem   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
Me fal   

Bye
bye   
mirupafshim   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
unë e dua ju   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Më falni   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Gheg Albanian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,400,000.00   
20

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Tosk Albanian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Arbëresh   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
3.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
3.60 million   
31

Native Name
isiZulu   
shqip / gjuha shqipe   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Not Available   

French Name
zoulou   
albanais   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Albanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ʃcip]   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Albanians   

History

Origin
19   
1462 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Beatu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
Old Albanian   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Standard Albanian   

Language Position
87   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
sq   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
sqi   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
alb   

ISO 639 3
zul   
sqi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
alba1267   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
55-AAA-aaa   

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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Zulu and Albanian Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Albanian language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Zulu and Albanian Language History.

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Zulu and Albanian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Zulu and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Albanian language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Zulu vs Albanian Difficulty

The Zulu vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Albanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Zulu and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.

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