Countries
South Africa
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
National Language
South Africa
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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.
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
French and Portuguese Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
grazie
How Are You?
unjani
Come stai?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
buonanotte
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
buonasera
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
buon pomeriggio
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
buongiorno
Please
Ngiyacela
Per Favore
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
scusate
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Ti amo
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Romanesco
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Lazio
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Central Italian
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Native Name
isiZulu
Italiano
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Italiano
French Name
zoulou
italien
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Italienisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Italians
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Romance
Branch
Beatu
Not Available
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Italian
Signed Forms
Not Available
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
itas
Glottocode
zulu1248
ital1282
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
51-AAA-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Zulu and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Italian language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Italian Difficulty
The Zulu vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.