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Zulu vs Romanian


Romanian vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

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

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

Alphabets
57   
34
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
50   
35
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   
250,000.00   
38

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   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.37 %   
35

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   

History

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   

Language Position
87   
99+
36   
28

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Zulu and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Romanian language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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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.

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