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Zulu and Khasi


Khasi and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
-  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
-  

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
50  
35
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
Kumno  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
Khublei  

How Are You?
unjani  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
khublei  

Please
Ngiyacela  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
Map  

Bye
bye  
khublei  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
-  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
-  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
-  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
20
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
isiZulu  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
zoulou  
khasi  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[zuːlu]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
19  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Beatu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Khasi  

Language Position
87  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
kha  

ISO 639 3
zul  
kha  

ISO 639 6
zul  
kha  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Zulu and Khasi Speaking population

Zulu and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 %. 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 Khasi on Zulu vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Khasi Language Codes

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

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