Countries
South Africa
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
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
Not Available
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Olonets
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Olonets
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Novgorod
Native Name
isiZulu
Русский
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Russki
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Russisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Russians
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
zulu1248
russ1263
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
All Zulu and Russian 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 Russian dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Russian Speaking population
Zulu and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Zulu vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Russian Language Codes
Zulu and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.