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Armenian and Zulu


Zulu and Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
Pan South African Language Board  

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • 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
Greek  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38  
20
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
32  
22
50  
35

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
Sawubona  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
unjani  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
okuhle ntambama  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
okuhle ekuseni  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
bye  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
Gabon, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
-  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
7.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
arménien  
zoulou  

German Name
Armenisch  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
[zuːlu]  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
19  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
14  
13
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Armenian  
Zulu Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
zul  

ISO 639 3
hye  
zul  

ISO 639 6
hye  
zul  

Glottocode
arme1241  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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All Armenian 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 Armenian and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Armenian and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Armenian are spoken in different Armenian Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Armenian vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Armenian and Zulu Speaking population

Armenian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Armenian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Armenian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 % 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 Armenian and Zulu on Armenian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Armenian and Zulu Language Codes

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

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