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Zulu vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
South Africa  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe, South America  

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

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Latin and Italian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
50  
35
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
Halo  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
Dankon  

How Are You?
unjani  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
Bonan matenon  

Please
Ngiyacela  
Mi petas  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
bye  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
20
2,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
isiZulu  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
zoulou  
espéranto  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
[zuːlu]  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Esperanto speakers  

History

Origin
19  
1887  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Beatu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Esperanto  

Language Position
87  
99+
33  
31

Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
epo  

ISO 639 3
zul  
epo  

ISO 639 6
zul  
epo  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Zulu and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Esperanto language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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

Zulu vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Zulu vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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