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Zulu vs Quechua


Quechua vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
South Africa   
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru   

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
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   
Not Available   

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 widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
50   
35
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
Rimaykullayki   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
Solpayki   

How Are You?
unjani   
Allillanchu   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
Allin tuta   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
Wuynas nuchis   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
Wuynas tardis   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
Wuynus diyas   

Please
Ngiyacela   
Not Available   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
Pampachaykuway   

Bye
bye   
bye   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
Kuyayki   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Pampachaway   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Ancash   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
920,000.00   
29

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Huánuco   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
190,000.00   
33

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Yaru   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
150,000.00   
25

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
10   
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
8.90 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
isiZulu   
Qhichwa   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
North La Paz Quechua   

French Name
zoulou   
quechua   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Quechua-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Quechua   

History

Origin
19   
16th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Quechumaran Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Andean Equatorial   

Branch
Beatu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Quechua   

Language Position
87   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
qu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
que   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
que   

ISO 639 3
zul   
que   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
quec1387   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Zulu and Quechua Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Quechua language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Quechua language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th Century. 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 Quechua Language History.

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

Zulu vs Quechua Difficulty

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

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