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Gujarati and Zulu


Zulu and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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
-  
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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
31  
21
50  
35

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
bye  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Gabon, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Surati  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
-  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
goudjrati  
zoulou  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[zuːlu]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
15  
19  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Indic  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
23  
21
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Zulu Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
zul  

ISO 639 3
guj  
zul  

ISO 639 6
guj  
zul  

Glottocode
guja1252  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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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.

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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.

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