Countries
South Africa
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Czech Language
Derived From
-
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5746
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
715
0
32
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How Many Consonants
5038
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sawubona
Ahoj
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
unjani
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Dobré ráno
Please
Ngiyacela
Prosím
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Pardón!
Bye
bye
Dovidenia
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.16 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiZulu
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
zoulou
slovaque
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Slovaks
Origin
19
6th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Branch
Beatu
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Slovak
Language Position
8727
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
slk
ISO 639 2/B
zul
slo
ISO 639 3
zul
slk
ISO 639 6
zul
slk
Glottocode
zulu1248
slov1269
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
53-AAA-db
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic