Countries
Rajastan, India
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Rajastan, India
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Nepal, Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
- 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
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Gujarati Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4257
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
107
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3250
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
khammaghani
Sawubona
Thank You
dhanyavaad
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Kikan ho sa?
unjani
Good Night
shubh raatri
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Shubh Honjh
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Shubh Befar
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Shubh Havar
okuhle ekuseni
Please
kirpa
Ngiyacela
Sorry
Maaf Karo
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
bye
bye
I Love You
main tanne pyaar karoon
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
maaf karo
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Jogi
Qwabe
Where They Speak
India
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
14,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bagri
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
India
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
14,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Dhundhari
Ndebele
Where They Speak
India
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
84
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
22.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.21 %0.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
14.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
13.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Marwari
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
marvari
zoulou
German Name
Marwari
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[məˈrwɑːɾi]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Marwari or Marwadi
Zulu people
Origin
16
19
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Marwari
Deep Zulu
Language Position
7287
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mwr
zul
ISO 639 2/B
mwr
zul
ISO 639 3
mwr
zul
ISO 639 6
mwr
zul
Glottocode
raja1256
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
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