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Countries

Countries

South Africa
European Union, Latvia

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Latvia

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
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board
Latvian State Language Center

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.
  • The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
  • The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.

Similar To

Xhosa Language
Lithuanian Language

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5733
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

79
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5024
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
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
Sveiki

Thank You

Ngiyabonga
Paldies

How Are You?

unjani
Kā jums klājas?

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku
Ar labunakti

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa
Labvakar

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama
Labdien

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni
Labrīt

Please

Ngiyacela
lūdzu

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
Piedodiet!

Bye

bye
Uz redzēšanos

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
Es tevi mīlu

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Piedodiet!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Livonian

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
Latvia

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Middle Latvian

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
Latvia

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.002,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
High Latvian

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
France, Latvia

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.001,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

43
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million1.75 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.16 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million1.75 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiZulu
latviešu valoda

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Lettish

French Name

zoulou
letton

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Lettisch

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[ˈlætviən]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Latvians or Letts

History

Origin

19
1530

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Baltic

Branch

Beatu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu
No early forms

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu
Latvian

Language Position

879
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
lv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
lav

ISO 639 2/B

zul
lav

ISO 639 3

zul
lav

ISO 639 6

zul
lav

Glottocode

zulu1248
latv1249

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg
54-AAB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Synthetic

Zulu and Latvian Alphabets

Zulu and Latvian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Latvian. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Latvian Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Zulu and Latvian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Latvian 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 Latvian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Latvian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Latvian Speaking population

Zulu and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 %. 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 Latvian on Zulu vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Latvian Language Codes

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