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Zulu vs Armenian


Armenian vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
57  
34
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
50  
35
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Armenian manuscript  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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’)  

Bye
bye  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
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  

History

Origin
19  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Beatu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
87  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
arm  

ISO 639 3
zul  
hye  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Zulu and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Armenian language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th 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 Armenian Language History.

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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.

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