Countries
South Africa
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Finnish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5727
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
5018
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sawubona
Tere
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
aitäh
How Are You?
unjani
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Head ööd
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Tere päevast
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Tere hommikust
Please
Ngiyacela
Palun
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Vabandust
Bye
bye
Head aega
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Tartu
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million1.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.16 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million0.95 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million1.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiZulu
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Eesti keel
French Name
zoulou
estonien
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Estonians
Origin
19
13th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Beatu
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Estonian
Language Position
8722
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
zu
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
est
ISO 639 2/B
zul
est
ISO 639 3
zul
est
ISO 639 6
zul
est
Glottocode
zulu1248
esto1258
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative