Countries
South Africa
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
alo
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
scuze
  
Bye
bye
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
isiZulu
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
zoulou
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Romanians
  
Origin
19
  
1521
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Romanian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Zulu and Romanian 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 Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Romanian language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Romanian Difficulty
The Zulu vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.