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Countries

Countries

European Union, Slovenia
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
South Africa

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Austria, Hungary, Italy
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Pan South African Language Board

Interesting Facts

  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  • 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

Serbo-Croatian
Xhosa Language

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2557
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2050
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

23
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Halo
Sawubona

Thank You

Hvala
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

Kako se imate?
unjani

Good Night

Lahko noč
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

Dober večer
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

Dober dan
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

Dobro jutro
okuhle ekuseni

Please

Prosim
Ngiyacela

Sorry

Oprostite
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

Nasvidenje
bye

I Love You

Ljubim te
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

Oprostite
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Prekmurje Slovene
Qwabe

Where They Speak

Hungary, Slovenia
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

80,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Resian
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

Italy
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Styrian
Ndebele

Where They Speak

Slovenia
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

484
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

2.50 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

2.50 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Slovenščina
isiZulu

Alternative Names

Slovenian, Slovenscina
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

slovène
zoulou

German Name

Slowenisch
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Slovenes
Zulu people

History

Origin

972-1093
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

Slovene
Deep Zulu

Language Position

2887
1 120
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Signed Forms

Slovene Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sl
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

slv
zul

ISO 639 2/B

slv
zul

ISO 639 3

slv
zul

ISO 639 6

slv
zul

Glottocode

slov1268
zulu1248

Linguasphere

53-AAA-f
99-AUT-fg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
-

Slovene and Zulu Alphabets

Slovene and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Slovene and Zulu. In Slovene Alphabets there are 25 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Slovene and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Slovene and Zulu languages. The Slovene phonology consist Slovene vowels and Slovene consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Slovene greetings vs Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Slovene and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Slovene and Zulu Speaking population

Slovene and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovene and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Slovene and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovene language is 0.03 % 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 Slovene and Zulu on Slovene vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovene and Zulu Language Codes

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