Countries
South Africa
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
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46
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National Language
South Africa
Russia
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
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Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Hello
Sawubona
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
unjani
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Ngiyacela
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
извините(izvinite)