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Zulu vs Russian


Russian vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
South Africa   
Russia   

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
50   
35
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
unjani   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
Ngiyacela   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
bye   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
isiZulu   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Russki   

French Name
zoulou   
russe   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Russians   

History

Origin
19   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Slavic   

Branch
Beatu   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
87   
99+
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
rus   

ISO 639 3
zul   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Zulu and Russian Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Russian language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Russian Language History.

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

Zulu vs Russian Difficulty

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

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