Countries
South Africa
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
South Africa
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, 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
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
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.
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sawubona
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
unjani
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
Ngiyacela
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Southeastern Serbia
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Serbia
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Native Name
isiZulu
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Montenegrin
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Serbisch
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Serbs
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard Serbian
Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
zulu1248
serb1264
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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All Zulu and Serbian 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 Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Serbian Speaking population
Zulu and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. 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 Serbian on Zulu vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Serbian Language Codes
Zulu and Serbian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Serbian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.