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Zulu vs Hungarian


Hungarian vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
South Africa  
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  

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.
  
  • Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
  • 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
-  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
57  
34
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
14  
11

How Many Consonants
50  
35
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
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  
szia  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
unjani  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
jó Reggelt  

Please
Ngiyacela  
Kérlek  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
bocsi  

Bye
bye  
viszlát  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Austria  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
13,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Székely  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Székely Land  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
11  
11

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
0.07 million  
99+

Native Name
isiZulu  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Magyar  

French Name
zoulou  
hongrois  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[zuːlu]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
19  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Beatu  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
87  
99+
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language  
Hungarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
hun  

ISO 639 3
zul  
hun  

ISO 639 6
zul  
hun  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Zulu and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Hungarian language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD. 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 Hungarian Language History.

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

Zulu vs Hungarian Difficulty

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

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