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Zulu vs Estonian


Estonian vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
57  
34
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
50  
35
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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.  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
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  

History

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
87  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
est  

ISO 639 3
zul  
est  

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  

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Zulu and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Estonian language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian Language History.

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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.

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