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Croatian and Zulu


Zulu and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
1  
14

National Language
Austria  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Pan South African Language Board  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
25  
15
50  
35

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Sawubona  

Thank You
hvala  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
kako si  
unjani  

Good Night
laku noć  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
okuhle ntambama  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
okuhle ekuseni  

Please
molim  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
Doviđenja  
bye  

I Love You
Volim te  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Gabon, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
hrvatski  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
croate  
zoulou  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[zuːlu]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
9th century  
19  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
23  
21
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Zulu Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
zul  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
zul  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
zul  

Glottocode
croa1245  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Croatian and Zulu Speaking population

Croatian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % 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 Croatian and Zulu on Croatian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Zulu Language Codes

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

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