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
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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
Alphabets in
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Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
संध्यायान
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
okuhle ekuseni
Please
দয়া করে
Ngiyacela
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Where They Speak
India
Gabon, South Africa
Dialect 2
Not present
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
-
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Not present
Ndebele
Where They Speak
-
Zimbabwe
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
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Zulu people
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Santali
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
zu
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
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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 0.02 % 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.