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Sindhi and Zulu


Zulu and Sindhi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
64  
37
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
42  
31
50  
35

Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
25,000,000.00  
26
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Vicholi  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Central Sindh  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
23
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Lari  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Lower Sindh  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
25.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
29.00 million  
37
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.39 %  
36
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
16.00 million  
33

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  
19  

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
50  
99+
87  
99+

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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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.

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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.

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