Countries
South Africa
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Goa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5749
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
714
0
32
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How Many Consonants
5035
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sawubona
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
unjani
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Ngiyacela
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Badaga
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Urali
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
kerala
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ndebele
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
420
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.16 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
12.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
16.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiZulu
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
zoulou
kannada
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Kannada
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Kannadiga
Origin
19
c. 450
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Beatu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Modern Kannada
Language Position
8731
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
kan
ISO 639 2/B
zul
kan
ISO 639 3
zul
kan
ISO 639 6
zul
kan
Glottocode
zulu1248
nucl1305
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-