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Countries

Countries

South Africa
European Union, Slovenia

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia

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
Austria, Hungary, Italy

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

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.
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.

Similar To

Xhosa Language
Serbo-Croatian

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5725
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5020
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sawubona
Halo

Thank You

Ngiyabonga
Hvala

How Are You?

unjani
Kako se imate?

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku
Lahko noč

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa
Dober večer

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama
Dober dan

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni
Dobro jutro

Please

Ngiyacela
Prosim

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
Oprostite

Bye

bye
Nasvidenje

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
Ljubim te

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Oprostite

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Prekmurje Slovene

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
Hungary, Slovenia

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Resian

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
Italy

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.002,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
Styrian

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Slovenia

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

448
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 %0.03 %
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
Slovenščina

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Slovenian, Slovenscina

French Name

zoulou
slovène

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Slowenisch

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Slovenes

History

Origin

19
972-1093

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
-

Branch

Beatu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu
No early forms

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu
Slovene

Language Position

8728
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
Slovene Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
sl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
slv

ISO 639 2/B

zul
slv

ISO 639 3

zul
slv

ISO 639 6

zul
slv

Glottocode

zulu1248
slov1268

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg
53-AAA-f

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Zulu and Slovene Alphabets

Zulu and Slovene Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Slovene. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Slovene Alphabets there are 25 letters. To learn Zulu and Slovene languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Slovene are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Slovene Speaking population

Zulu and Slovene speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Slovene languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Slovene Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovene language is 0.03 %. 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 Slovene on Zulu vs Slovene where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Slovene Language Codes

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