Countries
India
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
- 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 and Assamese
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4257
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
117
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3150
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Sawubona
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
unjani
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
ଦୟାକରି
Ngiyacela
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
bye
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Qwabe
Where They Speak
India
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ganjami
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
India
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kosli
Ndebele
Where They Speak
India
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
520,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
84
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
oriya
zoulou
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Odias
Zulu people
Origin
3 BC
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 Odia
Deep Zulu
Language Position
3287
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
or
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ori
zul
ISO 639 2/B
ori
zul
ISO 639 3
ori
zul
ISO 639 6
ori
zul
Glottocode
macr1269
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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