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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Xhosa Language
Armenian

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5724
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

77
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5017
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sawubona
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

Ngiyabonga
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

unjani
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

Ngiyacela
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

bye
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
Greece

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Griko

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
Italy

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

425
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.16 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiZulu
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

zoulou
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

19
1500 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Hellenic

Branch

Beatu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu
Modern Greek

Language Position

8774
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
ell

ISO 639 2/B

zul
gre

ISO 639 3

zul
ell

ISO 639 6

zul
ells

Glottocode

zulu1248
gree1276

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Zulu and Greek Alphabets

Zulu and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Greek. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Zulu and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Greek languages. The Zulu phonology consist Zulu vowels and Zulu consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Zulu greetings vs Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Greek Speaking population

Zulu and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Zulu vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Greek Language Codes

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