Countries
South Africa
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
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.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.