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Zulu
Zulu

Macedonian
Macedonian



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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Macedonia

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia

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
Albania, Romania, Serbia

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"

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.
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.

Similar To

Xhosa Language
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5731
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5026
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sawubona
Здраво (Zdravo)

Thank You

Ngiyabonga
Благодарам (Blagodaram)

How Are You?

unjani
Како си? (Kako si?)

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama
Добар ден (Dobar den)

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni
Добро утро (Dobro utro)

Please

Ngiyacela
Ве молиме (Ve molime)

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
жал (žal)

Bye

bye
Чао (Čao)

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
Те сакам (Te sakam)

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Torlakian

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.001.50
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Debar

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
Macedonia

How Many People Speak

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

Ndebele
Galičnik

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Macedonia

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.002,100,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

428
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million2.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.16 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million2.50 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
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic

French Name

zoulou
macédonien

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Makedonisch

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Macedonians

History

Origin

19
2200 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Slavic

Branch

Beatu
Southern

Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu
No early forms

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu
Macedonian

Language Position

8745
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
mk

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
mkd

ISO 639 2/B

zul
mac

ISO 639 3

zul
mkd

ISO 639 6

zul
mkd

Glottocode

zulu1248
mace1250

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg
53-AAA-ha

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic

Zulu and Macedonian Alphabets

Zulu and Macedonian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Macedonian. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Macedonian Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Zulu and Macedonian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Macedonian 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 Macedonian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Macedonian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Macedonian Speaking population

Zulu and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 %. 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 Macedonian on Zulu vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Macedonian Language Codes

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