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Arabic and Zulu


Zulu and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Pan South African Language Board  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
28  
18
50  
35

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Sawubona  

Thank You
شكرا  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
unjani  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
okuhle ntambama  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
okuhle ekuseni  

Please
من فضلك  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
آسف  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
وداعا  
bye  

I Love You
أحبك  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Gabon, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
arabe  
zoulou  

German Name
Arabisch  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[zuːlu]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
512 CE  
19  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
North Arabic  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
25  
23
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Zulu Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
zul  

ISO 639 3
ara  
zul  

ISO 639 6
ara  
zul  

Glottocode
arab1395  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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All Arabic and Zulu Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Zulu Speaking population

Arabic and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Zulu on Arabic vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Zulu Language Codes

Arabic and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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