Countries
South Africa
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
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
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
Institute of the Estonian 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.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
Tere
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
Palun
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
bye
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
0.95 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiZulu
  
eesti keel
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
zoulou
  
estonien
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Estonians
  
Origin
19
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Estonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
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ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
esto1258
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Zulu and Estonian 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 Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Estonian language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Estonian Difficulty
The Zulu vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.