Santali and Zulu
Countries
India
South Africa
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
Not Available
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
- 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
Munda Language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Adi Johar
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
unjani
Good Night
Boge Ninda
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Not Available
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
okuhle ekuseni
Please
Not Available
Ngiyacela
Sorry
Not Available
Ngiyaxolisa
I Love You
Not Available
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Not Available
Uxolo
Where They Speak
India
Gabon, South Africa
Dialect 2
Not present
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Not Available
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Not present
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Not Available
Zimbabwe
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
santal
zoulou
German Name
Santali
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Zulu people
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Beatu
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Santali
Deep Zulu
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
zu
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sant1410
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
Not Available
All Santali 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 Santali and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Santali and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Santali are spoken in different Santali Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Santali vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Santali dialects include: Mahali Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Santali and Zulu Speaking population
Santali and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available 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 Santali and Zulu on Santali vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Santali and Zulu Language Codes
Santali and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.