1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.4 National Language
South Africa
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
1.5 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Roman Empire
1.6 Speaking Continents
1.7 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
1.8 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
1.9 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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
1.10 Similar To
1.11 Derived From
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.6.3 How Many Consonants
4.3 Scripts
4.4 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
4.5 Hard to Learn
4.5.1 Language Levels
4.7.1 Time Taken to Learn
6 Greetings
6.1 Hello
Sawubona
γεια σας (geia sas)
6.2 Thank You
Ngiyabonga
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
6.3 How Are You?
unjani
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
6.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
6.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
6.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
6.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
6.8 Please
Ngiyacela
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
6.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
6.10 Bye
6.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
6.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
7 Dialects
7.1 Dialect 1
7.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Greece
7.1.2 How Many People Speak
7.3 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Griko
7.3.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Italy
7.3.2 How Many People Speak
7.5 Dialect 3
7.5.1 Where They Speak
7.5.2 How Many People Speak
8.4 Total No. Of Dialects
10 How Many People Speak
10.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million13.00 million
0.13
1200
10.2 Speaking Population
10.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million13.00 million
0.13
873
10.3.1 Second Language Speakers
10.3.2 Native Name
10.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
10.3.4 French Name
zoulou
grec moderne (après 1453)
10.3.5 German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Neugriechisch
10.4 Pronunciation
10.5 Ethnicity
Zulu people
Greeks or Hellenes
11 History
11.1 Origin
11.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
11.2.1 Subgroup
11.2.2 Branch
11.3 Language Forms
11.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
11.3.2 Standard Forms
11.3.3 Language Position
11.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
11.4 Scope
12 Code
12.1 ISO 639 1
12.2 ISO 639 2
12.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
12.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
12.3 ISO 639 3
12.4 ISO 639 6
12.5 Glottocode
12.6 Linguasphere
12.7 Types of Language
12.7.1 Language Type
12.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
12.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic