Countries
South Africa
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
South Africa
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
dankjewel
How Are You?
unjani
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
goede Nacht
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
goedemiddag
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
goedemorgen
Please
Ngiyacela
alsjeblieft
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Ik hou van jou
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
isiZulu
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
zoulou
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Dutch people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
zulu1248
mode1257
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Zulu and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Dutch language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Dutch Difficulty
The Zulu vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.