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Spanish vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
46  
1

National Language
South Africa  
Spain  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
French Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
50  
35
22  
12

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  
hola  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
Gracias  

How Are You?
unjani  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
Buenos Días  

Please
Ngiyacela  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
triste  

Bye
bye  
adiós  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
isiZulu  
Español  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
zoulou  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
19  
210 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Romance  

Branch
Beatu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
87  
99+
2  
2

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
spa  

ISO 639 3
zul  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Zulu and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Spanish language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Zulu vs Spanish Difficulty

The Zulu vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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