Countries
South Africa
Macedonia
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
Alphabets in
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Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
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)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Debar
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Macedonia
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Macedonia
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
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Macedonian
Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
zulu1248
mace1250
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic
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.