Zulu and Finnish
Countries
South Africa
European Union, Finland
National Language
South Africa
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Kiitos
How Are You?
unjani
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Hyvää huomenta
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Anteeksi
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Minä rakastan sinua
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Finland
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Rauma
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Finland, Rauma
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Finland, Sweden
Native Name
isiZulu
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Suomi
French Name
zoulou
finnois
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Finnisch
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
ethnic Finns
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
standard Finnish
Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
zulu1248
finn1318
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Zulu and Finnish 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 Zulu and Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Finnish Speaking population
Zulu and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 %. 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 Zulu and Finnish on Zulu vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Finnish Language Codes
Zulu and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.