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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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