Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
South Africa
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
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Gabon, South Africa
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Serbia
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Zimbabwe
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Isizulu, Zunda
German Name
Serbisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
serb1264
zulu1248
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Serbian 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 Serbian and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Zulu language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Zulu Difficulty
The Serbian vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian 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 Serbian and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.