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Zulu vs Swedish


Swedish vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
South Africa   
Sweden   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
57   
34
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
50   
35
18   
8

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   
hej   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
unjani   
hur mår du   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
godnatt   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
god morgon   

Please
Ngiyacela   
vänligen   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
ledsen   

Bye
bye   
hej då   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
79   
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
isiZulu   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
zoulou   
suédois   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
19   
13th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Germanic   

Branch
Beatu   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
87   
99+
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
swe   

ISO 639 3
zul   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Zulu and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Swedish language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Zulu vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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