Countries
South Africa
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
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 in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Olonets
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Olonets
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Novgorod
Native Name
isiZulu
Русский
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Russki
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Russisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Russians
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
zulu1248
russ1263
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
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.