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Armenian vs Zulu


Zulu vs 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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12   
9
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

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   

Dialect 2
Western Armenian   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

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

Dialect 3
Not Applicable   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Not Applicable   
Zimbabwe   

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
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
6.00 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

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]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Armenians   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
late 5th century   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arme1241   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Armenian and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Armenian vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Armenian and Zulu language. History of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Armenian and Zulu Language History.

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Armenian and Zulu 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 Armenian and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Zulu language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Armenian vs Zulu Difficulty

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

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