Countries
South Africa
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
Yoruba Academy
  
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 largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
e kaaro
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
binu
  
Bye
bye
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiZulu
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
zoulou
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
19
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Yorùbá
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Zulu and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Yoruba language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Zulu vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.