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Zulu vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
57   
34
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
50   
35
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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
4   
4
0   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
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   

History

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
87   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signuno   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Zulu and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Esperanto language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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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.

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