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Basque vs Zulu


Zulu vs 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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Basque and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Zulu language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 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 Basque and Zulu Language History.

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

Basque vs Zulu Difficulty

The Basque vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque 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 Basque and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.

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