Estonian and Zulu
Countries
Estonia, European Union
South Africa
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- 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
Finnish
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
aitäh
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
unjani
Good Night
Head ööd
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
okuhle ekuseni
Sorry
Vabandust
Ngiyaxolisa
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Gabon, South Africa
Dialect 2
Tartu
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Ndebele
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Zimbabwe
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
eesti keel
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
estonien
zoulou
German Name
Estnisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Estonians
Zulu people
Language Family
Uralic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Estonian
Deep Zulu
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
esto1258
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
All Estonian 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 Estonian and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Estonian and Zulu Speaking population
Estonian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian 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 Estonian and Zulu on Estonian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Estonian and Zulu Language Codes
Estonian and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.