Countries
South Africa
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
India, Nepal
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Nepal
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5747
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
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How Many Consonants
5022
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
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
pranam
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
dhanyabad
How Are You?
unjani
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Śubharātri
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Suprabhaat
Please
Ngiyacela
kripaya
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
maf karai
Bye
bye
Alavidā
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Uxolo
kripaya
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Nepal
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
North India
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Khortha
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
415
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.16 %0.41 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiZulu
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
zoulou
maithili
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Maithili
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Maithil
Origin
19
14th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Beatu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard Maithili
Language Position
8740
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
mai
ISO 639 2/B
zul
mai
ISO 639 3
zul
mai
ISO 639 6
zul
mai
Glottocode
zulu1248
mait1250
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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