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Zulu vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Belarus, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Belarus, Gambia   

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
Poland   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Russian and Ukrainian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
50   
35
39   
28

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
dobry dzień   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
Dziakuj   

How Are You?
unjani   
Jak vy ?   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
Dabranač   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
Dobry viečar   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
dobry dzień   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
Dobraj ranicy   

Please
Ngiyacela   
Kali laska   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
Vybačajcie   

Bye
bye   
da pabačennia   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
JA liubliu ciabie   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Vybačajcie   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
North-Eastern Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
North-East Belarus   

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
South-Western Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
South-West Belarus   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Middle Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Middle Belarus   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
5.89 million   
26

Native Name
isiZulu   
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   

French Name
zoulou   
biélorusse   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Weißrussisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Belarusians   

History

Origin
19   
18th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Slavic   

Branch
Beatu   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Belarusian   

Language Position
87   
99+
79   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
be   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
bel   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
bel   

ISO 639 3
zul   
bel   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
bela1254   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Zulu and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Belarusian language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Belarusian Language History.

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

Zulu vs Belarusian Difficulty

The Zulu vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Belarusian 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 Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.

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