Countries
South Africa
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
South Africa
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Poland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5748
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
5039
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Sawubona
dobry dzień
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Dziakuj
How Are You?
unjani
Jak vy ?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Dabranač
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
dobry dzień
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Dobraj ranicy
Please
Ngiyacela
Kali laska
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Vybačajcie
Bye
bye
da pabačennia
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Qwabe
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million9.63 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.16 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million5.89 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiZulu
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
zoulou
biélorusse
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Belarusians
Origin
19
18th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Branch
Beatu
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Belarusian
Language Position
8779
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Belarusian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
bel
ISO 639 2/B
zul
bel
ISO 639 3
zul
bel
ISO 639 6
zul
bel
Glottocode
zulu1248
bela1254
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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