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Zulu vs Slovene


Slovene vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
European Union, Slovenia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
57   
34
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

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
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Prekmurje Slovene   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Hungary, Slovenia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Resian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Italy   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Styrian   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Slovenia   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
48   
31

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
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   

History

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
87   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Zulu and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Slovene language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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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.

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