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Hindi and Zulu


Zulu and Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
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, Oceania   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
7   
4

How Many Consonants
33   
23
50   
35

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)   
Sawubona   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   
unjani   

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)   
bye   

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   
Gabon, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Marwari   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   
Georgia, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Bundeli   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million   
5
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
4.70 %   
5
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
260.00 million   
4
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million   
6
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
हिन्दी   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
hindi   
zoulou   

German Name
Hindi   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hindustani people   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
7th Century   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Indic   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
5   
5
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hi   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
hin   
zul   

ISO 639 3
hin   
zul   

ISO 639 6
hins   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hind1269   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Hindi 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 Hindi and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Hindi and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hindi are spoken in different Hindi Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hindi vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hindi dialects include: Khariboli, Marwari. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Hindi and Zulu Speaking population

Hindi and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % 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 Hindi and Zulu on Hindi vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Zulu Language Codes

Hindi and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hindi and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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