Countries
South Africa
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
South Africa
Germany
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
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German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Danke
How Are You?
unjani
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
gute Nacht
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
guten Tag
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
guten Morgen
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Verzeihung
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Texas German
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
isiZulu
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
zoulou
allemand
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Deutsch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Germans
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
zulu1248
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Zulu and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and German language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs German Difficulty
The Zulu vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.