Countries
South Africa
  
Czech Republic, European Union
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Czech Republic
  
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, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
Institute of the Czech Language
  
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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
ahoj
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
děkuji
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
Jak se máš?
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
dobrou noc
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
dobré odpoledne
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
dobré ráno
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
prosím
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
litovat
  
Bye
bye
  
sbohem
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Miluji tě
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
promiňte
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Chod
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Chodsko, Bohemia
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Lach
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Moravian
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiZulu
  
čeština / český jazyk
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Bohemian, Cestina
  
French Name
zoulou
  
tchèque
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Tschechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Czechs
  
Origin
19
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Standard Czech
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Czech Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
cs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
ces
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
cze
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
ces
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
czec1258
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
53-AAA-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Zulu and Czech 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 Czech greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Czech language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Czech word for "Thank You" is děkuji. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Czech Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Czech Difficulty
The Zulu vs Czech difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Czech 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 Czech are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Czech, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Czech time required is 44 weeks.