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Sindhi
Sindhi

Zulu
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Countries

Countries

India, Pakistan
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

India, Pakistan, Sindh
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

National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
Pan South African Language Board

Interesting Facts

  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  • 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
Xhosa Language

Derived From

Prakrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

6457
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

107
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4250
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Devanagari
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Assalam O Alaikum
Sawubona

Thank You

Meharbani
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

Kehra haal aahin
unjani

Good Night

tava kia aayo
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

Sham Jo Salam
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

Assalam o Alaikum
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

Subho Bakhair
okuhle ekuseni

Please

Mehrbani
Ngiyacela

Sorry

Moon khe afsos aahe
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

Allah Wahi
bye

I Love You

Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

Maaf Kajo
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Siraiki
Qwabe

Where They Speak

Upper Sindh
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

25,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Vicholi
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

Central Sindh
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

25,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Lari
Ndebele

Where They Speak

Lower Sindh
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

25.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

64
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

29.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.39 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

25.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

سنڌي
isiZulu

Alternative Names

Sindhi
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

sindhi
zoulou

German Name

Sindhi-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[sɪndi]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Sindhi people
Zulu people

History

Origin

711 A.D
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Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo

Branch

Indic
Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Sindhi
Deep Zulu

Language Position

5087
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Sindhi
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sd
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

snd
zul

ISO 639 2/B

snd
zul

ISO 639 3

snd
zul

ISO 639 6

snd
zul

Glottocode

sind1272
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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Sindhi and Zulu Alphabets

Sindhi and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Sindhi and Zulu. In Sindhi Alphabets there are 64 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Sindhi and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Sindhi and Zulu languages. The Sindhi phonology consist Sindhi vowels and Sindhi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Sindhi greetings vs Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Sindhi and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Sindhi and Zulu Speaking population

Sindhi and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sindhi and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Sindhi and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 % 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 Sindhi and Zulu on Sindhi vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sindhi and Zulu Language Codes

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