Home
Languagevs


Zulu vs Czech


Czech vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Czech Republic, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
57   
34
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
32   
21

How Many Consonants
50   
35
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   
108,000.00   
27

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
13   
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.15 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
87   
99+
73   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Czech Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

Countries >>
<< All

Zulu and Czech Language History

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

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages