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Zulu vs Basque


Basque vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
France, Spain  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

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 Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Spanish  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
57  
34
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
50  
35
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
Kaixo  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
unjani  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
Gabon  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
Egun on  

Please
Ngiyacela  
Mesedez  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
Barkatu  

Bye
bye  
Agur  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
France  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
20
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
isiZulu  
Euskara  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
zoulou  
basque  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[zuːlu]  
[bɑːsk]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Basque people  

History

Origin
19  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Beatu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Basque  

Language Position
87  
99+
30  
28

Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
baq  

ISO 639 3
zul  
eus  

ISO 639 6
zul  
eus  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Zulu and Basque Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Basque language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Zulu and Basque Language History.

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Zulu and Basque Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Zulu and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Basque language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Zulu vs Basque Difficulty

The Zulu vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Basque Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Zulu and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.

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