Countries
South Africa
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
South Africa
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Sawubona
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
unjani
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Ngiyacela
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
South Korea
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
South Korea
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
China, North Korea
Native Name
isiZulu
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
zoulou
coréen
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Koreans
Origin
19
Before 1st century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Koreanic Family
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
zulu1248
kore1280
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
Zulu and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Korean language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Korean Difficulty
The Zulu vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.