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Countries

Countries

European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

Sweden
South Africa

Second Language

Finland
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Speaking Continents

Antartica, Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Pan South African Language Board

Interesting Facts

  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  • 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

Norwegian and Danish Language
Xhosa Language

Derived From

Old Norse Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2957
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

97
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1850
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hej
Sawubona

Thank You

tacka dig
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

hur mår du
unjani

Good Night

godnatt
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

god kväll
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

god eftermiddag
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

god morgon
okuhle ekuseni

Please

vänligen
Ngiyacela

Sorry

ledsen
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

hej då
bye

I Love You

jag älskar dig
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

ursäkta mig
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Dialects
Qwabe

Where They Speak

Gabon
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

78,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Dialects
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

Georgia
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

78,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Dialects
Ndebele

Where They Speak

France
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

96,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

794
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

15.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.70 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Svenska
isiZulu

Alternative Names

Ruotsi, Svenska
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

suédois
zoulou

German Name

Schwedisch
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Swedes, Finland Swedes
Zulu people

History

Origin

13th Century
19

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Benue-Congo

Branch

Northern (Scandinavian)
Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Swedish
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Standard Swedish
Deep Zulu

Language Position

8987
1 120
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Signed Forms

Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sv
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swe
zul

ISO 639 2/B

swe
zul

ISO 639 3

swe
zul

ISO 639 6

swe
zul

Glottocode

swed1254
zulu1248

Linguasphere

52-AAA-ck to -cw
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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Swedish and Zulu Alphabets

Swedish and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swedish and Zulu. In Swedish Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Swedish and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swedish and Zulu languages. The Swedish phonology consist Swedish vowels and Swedish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swedish greetings vs Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swedish and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swedish and Zulu Speaking population

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

Swedish and Zulu Language Codes

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