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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Bangladesh, India

Second Language

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
India

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi

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.
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.

Similar To

Xhosa Language
Assamese and Oriya

Derived From

-
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5751
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

711
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5040
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sawubona
হ্যালো (Hyālō)

Thank You

Ngiyabonga
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)

How Are You?

unjani
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)

Please

Ngiyacela
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)

Bye

bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)

Excuse Me

Uxolo
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Chakma

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
Bangladesh, Burma, India

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Hajong

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
Bangladesh, India

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0071,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
Rarhi

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
India

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

425
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million215.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.16 %3.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million196.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million19.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiZulu
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa

French Name

zoulou
bengali

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Bengali

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[ˈbeŋɡali]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Bengalis (Bengali people)

History

Origin

19
1000–1200 CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Beatu
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu
Abahatta, Old Bengali

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu
Bengali

Language Position

874
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
Signed Bengali

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
bn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
ben

ISO 639 2/B

zul
ben

ISO 639 3

zul
ben

ISO 639 6

zul
ben

Glottocode

zulu1248
beng1280

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg
59-AAF-u

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Zulu and Bengali Alphabets

Zulu and Bengali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Bengali. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters. To learn Zulu and Bengali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Bengali languages. The Zulu phonology consist Zulu vowels and Zulu consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Zulu greetings vs Bengali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Bengali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Bengali Speaking population

Zulu and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Zulu vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Bengali Language Codes

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