Countries
South Africa
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
South Africa
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
bye
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Not present
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Not present
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Not present
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
isiZulu
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
zoulou
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19
  
1887
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
Proto-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Esperanto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Zulu and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Esperanto language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Esperanto Difficulty
The Zulu vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.