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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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

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+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Souletin   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

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

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Zimbabwe   

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
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Not available   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
basque   
zoulou   

German Name
Baskisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
19   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Basque   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
basq1248   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
40-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   
Not Available   

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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 Not Available 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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