Countries
South Africa
Georgia
National Language
South Africa
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Cabinet of Georgia
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.
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Derived From
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Anatolian Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Georgian script
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sawubona
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
How Are You?
unjani
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Please
Ngiyacela
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Bye
bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Judaeo-Georgian
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Kartlian
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Kartli
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Pshavian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Pshavi
Native Name
isiZulu
ქართული ენა
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
zoulou
géorgien
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Georgisch
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Georgians
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Kartvelian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Southern
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Modern Georgian
Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Georgian Sign Language
Glottocode
zulu1248
nucl1302
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Zulu and Georgian 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 Georgian dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Georgian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Georgian Dialects are spoken in different Georgian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Georgian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian , Kartlian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Georgian Speaking population
Zulu and Georgian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Georgian languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Georgian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Georgian language is 0.64 %. 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 Georgian on Zulu vs Georgian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Georgian Language Codes
Zulu and Georgian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Georgian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.