Home
Languagevs


Zulu and Konkani


Konkani and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Marathi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
16  
13

How Many Consonants
50  
35
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
unjani  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Ngiyacela  
Chike  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
Maf kor  

Bye
bye  
Adeus  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
-  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
-  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
20
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
isiZulu  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
zoulou  
konkani  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[zuːlu]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
19  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Beatu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Kokani  

Language Position
87  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
kok  

ISO 639 3
zul  
kok  

ISO 639 6
zul  
kok  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
goan1235  

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
-  
-  

Summary >>
<< Code

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

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Zulu and Konkani Speaking population

Zulu and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Zulu vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Konkani Language Codes

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

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages