Countries
South Africa
Armenian Highland
National Language
South Africa
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Greek
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sawubona
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
unjani
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Ngiyacela
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
կներեք (knerek’)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Not Applicable
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Not Applicable
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
isiZulu
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
zoulou
arménien
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Armenisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Armenians
Origin
19
late 5th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Beatu
Not Available
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
zulu1248
arme1241
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
57-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Zulu and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Armenian language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Armenian Difficulty
The Zulu vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Armenian 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 Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.