Countries
South Africa
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
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 in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
15.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.