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Zulu vs Czech


Czech vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Czech Republic, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
Czech Republic  

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, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
Institute of the Czech 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.
  
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
32  
21

How Many Consonants
50  
35
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
ahoj  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
děkuji  

How Are You?
unjani  
Jak se máš?  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
dobrou noc  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
dobré odpoledne  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
dobré ráno  

Please
Ngiyacela  
prosím  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
litovat  

Bye
bye  
sbohem  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
Miluji tě  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
promiňte  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Chod  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Chodsko, Bohemia  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Lach  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
10,500,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Moravian  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
20
108,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
13  
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
isiZulu  
čeština / český jazyk  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Bohemian, Cestina  

French Name
zoulou  
tchèque  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Tschechisch  

Pronunciation
[zuːlu]  
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Czechs  

History

Origin
19  
9th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Slavic  

Branch
Beatu  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Standard Czech  

Language Position
87  
99+
73  
99+

Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language  
Czech Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
cs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
ces  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
cze  

ISO 639 3
zul  
ces  

ISO 639 6
zul  
ces  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
czec1258  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
53-AAA-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Zulu and Czech Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Czech language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Czech language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Czech Language History.

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

Zulu vs Czech Difficulty

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

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