Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
South Africa
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
South Africa
Second Language
South Africa
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
Xhosa Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
dankjewel
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
unjani
Good Night
goede Nacht
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
goedenavond
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
goedemorgen
okuhle ekuseni
Please
alsjeblieft
Ngiyacela
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Gabon, South Africa
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Zimbabwe
Native Name
Nederlands
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
zoulou
German Name
Niederländisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mode1257
zulu1248
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Dutch 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 Dutch and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Zulu language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Zulu Difficulty
The Dutch vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.