Countries
South Africa
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
India, Pakistan
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5744
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
717
0
32
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How Many Consonants
5027
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sawubona
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
unjani
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Hach ch'i
Please
Ngiyacela
مهربانی کر
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
bye
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
Uxolo
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Poguli
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ndebele
Rambani
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
India
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.16 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
12.00 million5.42 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
16.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiZulu
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
zoulou
kashmiri
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
19
12th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Beatu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Kashmiri
Language Position
8723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
kas
ISO 639 2/B
zul
kas
ISO 639 3
zul
kas
ISO 639 6
zul
kas
Glottocode
zulu1248
kash1277
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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