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Zulu and Assamese


Assamese and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
    •   

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
11  
8

How Many Consonants
50  
35
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
unjani  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
suprobhaat  

Please
Ngiyacela  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
bye  
biḍai  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Assam  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
20
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
15.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
isiZulu  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
zoulou  
assamais  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
[zuːlu]  
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
19  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Beatu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Assamese  

Language Position
87  
99+
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language  
Signed Assamese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
asm  

ISO 639 3
zul  
asm  

ISO 639 6
zul  
asm  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Zulu and Assamese Speaking population

Zulu and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Zulu and Assamese on Zulu vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Assamese Language Codes

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

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