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Zulu vs Arabic


Arabic vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
23   
4

National Language
South Africa   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia   

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

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
50   
35
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
مرحبا   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
شكرا   

How Are You?
unjani   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
صباح الخير   

Please
Ngiyacela   
من فضلك   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
آسف   

Bye
bye   
وداعا   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
isiZulu   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
zoulou   
arabe   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Arabs   

History

Origin
19   
512 CE   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Semitic   

Branch
Beatu   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
87   
99+
25   
21

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
ara   

ISO 639 3
zul   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Zulu and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Arabic language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. 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 Arabic Language History.

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

Zulu vs Arabic Difficulty

The Zulu vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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