Countries
South Africa
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
sannu
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
bye
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Ghana
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Niger
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
50.00 million
  
28
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
isiZulu
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
zoulou
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
19
  
14
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Hausa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Zulu and Hausa 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 Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Hausa language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Hausa Difficulty
The Zulu vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Hausa 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 Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.