Countries
South Africa
Rajastan, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Rajastan, 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
Nepal, Pakistan
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.
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
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Gujarati Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5742
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
710
0
32
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How Many Consonants
5032
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sawubona
khammaghani
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
dhanyavaad
How Are You?
unjani
Kikan ho sa?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
shubh raatri
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Shubh Honjh
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Shubh Befar
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Shubh Havar
Please
Ngiyacela
kirpa
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Maaf Karo
Bye
bye
bye
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
main tanne pyaar karoon
Excuse Me
Uxolo
maaf karo
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Jogi
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
India
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0014,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Bagri
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
India
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0014,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ndebele
Dhundhari
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
India
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million22.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.16 %0.21 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
12.00 million14.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiZulu
Marwari
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
French Name
zoulou
marvari
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Marwari
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[məˈrwɑːɾi]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Marwari or Marwadi
Origin
19
16
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
Marwari
Language Position
8772
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
zu
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
mwr
ISO 639 2/B
zul
mwr
ISO 639 3
zul
mwr
ISO 639 6
zul
mwr
Glottocode
zulu1248
raja1256
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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