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Zulu vs Quechua


Quechua vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
South Africa  
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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.
  
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
50  
35
26  
16

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
Rimaykullayki  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
Solpayki  

How Are You?
unjani  
Allillanchu  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
Allin tuta  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
Wuynas nuchis  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
Wuynas tardis  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
Wuynus diyas  

Please
Ngiyacela  
Not Available  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
Pampachaykuway  

Bye
bye  
bye  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
Kuyayki  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Pampachaway  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Ancash  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
920,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Huánuco  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
190,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Yaru  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
150,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
8.90 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
Not Available  

Native Name
isiZulu  
Qhichwa  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
North La Paz Quechua  

French Name
zoulou  
quechua  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Quechua-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Quechua  

History

Origin
19  
16th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Quechumaran Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Andean Equatorial  

Branch
Beatu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Quechua  

Language Position
87  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
qu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
que  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
que  

ISO 639 3
zul  
que  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
quec1387  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Zulu and Quechua Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Quechua language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Quechua language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Quechua Language History.

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Zulu and Quechua 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 Quechua greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Quechua language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Quechua word for "Thank You" is Solpayki. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Quechua Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Zulu vs Quechua Difficulty

The Zulu vs Quechua difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Quechua 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 Quechua are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Quechua, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Quechua time required is 44 weeks.

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