Countries
South Africa
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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.
  
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
bye
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiZulu
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
zoulou
  
slovène
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
19
  
972-1093
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Slovene
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Zulu and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Slovene language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Slovene Difficulty
The Zulu vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.