Countries
Armenian Highland
South Africa
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
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Uxolo
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
Eastern Armenian
Ndebele
Where They Speak
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Zimbabwe
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
Origin
late 5th century
19
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
arme1241
zulu1248
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
99-AUT-fg
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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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.