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Zulu vs Greek


Greek vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
South Africa  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Armenian  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
50  
35
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
unjani  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
Ngiyacela  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
bye  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
20
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
isiZulu  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
zoulou  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[zuːlu]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
19  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Hellenic  

Branch
Beatu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
87  
99+
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
gre  

ISO 639 3
zul  
ell  

ISO 639 6
zul  
ells  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Zulu and Greek Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Greek language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Greek Language History.

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

Zulu vs Greek Difficulty

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

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