Countries
South Africa
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
South Africa
Portugal
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
obrigado
How Are You?
unjani
Como você está?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
boa noite
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
boa Tarde
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
bom Dia
Please
Ngiyacela
Por Favor
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
pesaroso
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Uxolo
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
isiZulu
Português
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Português
French Name
zoulou
portugais
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Romance
Branch
Beatu
Not Available
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
zulu1248
port1283
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Zulu and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Portuguese language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Zulu vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.