Countries
South Africa
India
National Language
South Africa
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
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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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Bengali Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sawubona
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
unjani
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
Ngiyacela
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Kharwa
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
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Native Name
isiZulu
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
zoulou
goudjrati
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Gujaratis
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Modern Gujarati
Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Signed Gujarati
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
zulu1248
guja1252
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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All Zulu and Gujarati 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 Gujarati dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Gujarati language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Gujarati Dialects are spoken in different Gujarati speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Gujarati Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi , Kharwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Gujarati Speaking population
Zulu and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Zulu vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Gujarati Language Codes
Zulu and Gujarati language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Gujarati Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.