Countries
South Africa
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
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
  
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
18.70 million
  
99+
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.