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Serbian and Zulu


Zulu and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Pan South African Language Board  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-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
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Sawubona  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
unjani  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
okuhle ntambama  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
okuhle ekuseni  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
bye  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Gabon, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
serbe  
zoulou  

German Name
Serbisch  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[zuːlu]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
11th 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
Standard Serbian  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
44  
99+
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Zulu Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
zul  

ISO 639 3
srp  
zul  

ISO 639 6
srp  
zul  

Glottocode
serb1264  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Serbian and Zulu Speaking population

Serbian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % 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 Serbian and Zulu on Serbian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Zulu Language Codes

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

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