Zulu

Swedish

Zulu and Swedish

Zulu

Swedish

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Countries

South Africa

European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

South Africa

Sweden

Second Language

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Finland

Speaking Continents

Africa

Antartica, Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board

Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council

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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.

Similar To

Xhosa Language

Norwegian and Danish Language

Derived From

Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5729

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

0 32

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How Many Consonants

5018

9 60

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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

Sawubona

hej

Thank You

Ngiyabonga

tacka dig

How Are You?

unjani

hur mår du

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku

godnatt

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa

god kväll

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama

god eftermiddag

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni

god morgon

Please

Ngiyacela

vänligen

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa

ledsen

Bye

bye

hej då

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena

jag älskar dig

Excuse Me

Uxolo

ursäkta mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe

Dialects

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa

Gabon

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0078,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Dialects

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa

Georgia

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0078,000,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Ndebele

Dialects

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe

France

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0096,000,000.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

479

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million15.00 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

0.16 %0.13 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

12.00 million8.70 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million5.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

isiZulu

Svenska

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda

Ruotsi, Svenska

French Name

zoulou

suédois

German Name

Zulu-Sprache

Schwedisch

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]

[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]

Ethnicity

Zulu people

Swedes, Finland Swedes

History

Origin

13th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo

Germanic

Branch

Beatu

Northern (Scandinavian)

Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu

Old Swedish

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu

Standard Swedish

Language Position

8789

1 120

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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language

Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul

swe

ISO 639 2/B

zul

swe

ISO 639 3

zul

swe

ISO 639 6

zul

swe

Glottocode

zulu1248

swed1254

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg

52-AAA-ck to -cw

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Zulu and Swedish Alphabets

Zulu and Swedish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Swedish. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Swedish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Zulu and Swedish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Swedish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

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Zulu and Swedish Speaking population

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

Zulu and Swedish Language Codes

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