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Zulu vs Amharic


Amharic vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
57  
34
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
50  
35
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
Selam  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
unjani  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
Ngiyacela  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
aznallehu  

Bye
bye  
tschao  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Gondar  

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Ethiopia  

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Ethiopia  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
isiZulu  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
zoulou  
amharique  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Amharas  

History

Origin
19  
13th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Semitic  

Branch
Beatu  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Amharic  

Language Position
87  
99+
55  
40

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
amh  

ISO 639 3
zul  
amh  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Zulu and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Amharic language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century. 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 Amharic Language History.

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Zulu and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Amharic language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Zulu vs Amharic Difficulty

The Zulu vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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