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Basque and Zulu


Zulu and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
France, Spain  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Pan South African Language Board  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • 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
Spanish  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
50  
35

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Sawubona  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
unjani  

Good Night
Gabon  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
okuhle ntambama  

Good Morning
Egun on  
okuhle ekuseni  

Please
Mesedez  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
Barkatu  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
Agur  
bye  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
France  
Gabon, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Souletin  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Euskara  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
basque  
zoulou  

German Name
Baskisch  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
[zuːlu]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
19  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
30  
28
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Zulu Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
zul  

ISO 639 3
eus  
zul  

ISO 639 6
eus  
zul  

Glottocode
basq1248  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Basque and Zulu Speaking population

Basque and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % 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 Basque and Zulu on Basque vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Zulu Language Codes

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

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