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Zulu vs Croatian


Croatian vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
9   
7

National Language
South Africa   
Austria   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
50   
35
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
bok   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
hvala   

How Are You?
unjani   
kako si   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
laku noć   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
dobro jutro   

Please
Ngiyacela   
molim   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
Oprostite   

Bye
bye   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
isiZulu   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Hrvatski   

French Name
zoulou   
croate   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Croats   

History

Origin
19   
9th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Beatu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
87   
99+
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
zul   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Zulu and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Croatian language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Croatian Language History.

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

Zulu vs Croatian Difficulty

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

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