Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
South Africa
National Language
Portugal
South Africa
Second Language
United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th 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
Spanish and Galician Languages
Xhosa Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
obrigado
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Como você está?
unjani
Good Night
boa noite
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
boa Noite
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
bom Dia
okuhle ekuseni
Please
Por Favor
Ngiyacela
Sorry
pesaroso
Ngiyaxolisa
I Love You
Eu te amo
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Brazil
Gabon, South Africa
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Portugal
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Zimbabwe
Native Name
Português
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Português
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
portugais
zoulou
German Name
Portugiesisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
port1283
zulu1248
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Zulu language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Zulu Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.