Countries
India
South Africa
National Language
India
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
NA
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
- 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.
Similar To
Bengali Language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Language Levels
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Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Sawubona
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
unjani
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Ngiyaxolisa
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Qwabe
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Gabon, South Africa
Dialect 2
Kharwa
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Not Available
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Not Available
Zimbabwe
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
goudjrati
zoulou
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
guja1252
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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All Gujarati and Zulu Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Gujarati and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Gujarati and Zulu Speaking population
Gujarati and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Gujarati and Zulu on Gujarati vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Gujarati and Zulu Language Codes
Gujarati and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.