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Zulu vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Belarus, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
Belarus, Gambia  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
Poland  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Russian and Ukrainian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
50  
35
39  
28

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
dobry dzień  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
Dziakuj  

How Are You?
unjani  
Jak vy ?  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
Dabranač  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
Dobry viečar  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
dobry dzień  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
Dobraj ranicy  

Please
Ngiyacela  
Kali laska  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
Vybačajcie  

Bye
bye  
da pabačennia  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
JA liubliu ciabie  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Vybačajcie  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
North-Eastern Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
North-East Belarus  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
South-Western Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
South-West Belarus  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Middle Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Middle Belarus  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
20
7,000,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
5.89 million  
99+

Native Name
isiZulu  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  

French Name
zoulou  
biélorusse  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Weißrussisch  

Pronunciation
[zuːlu]  
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Belarusians  

History

Origin
19  
18th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Slavic  

Branch
Beatu  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Belarusian  

Language Position
87  
99+
79  
99+

Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language  
Belarusian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
be  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
bel  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
bel  

ISO 639 3
zul  
bel  

ISO 639 6
zul  
bel  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
bela1254  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Zulu and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Belarusian language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century. 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 Belarusian Language History.

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Zulu and Belarusian 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 Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Belarusian language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Zulu vs Belarusian Difficulty

The Zulu vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Belarusian 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 Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is 44 weeks.

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