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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
India, Nepal
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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Rank: 14 (Overall)
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
South Africa
Nepal
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Language Academy of Nepal
1.8 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.
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Hindi
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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57
Rank: 34 (Overall)
48
Rank: 28 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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7
Rank: 4 (Overall)
12
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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50
Rank: 35 (Overall)
36
Rank: 26 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Sawubona
नमस्ते (namaste)
3.2 Thank You
Ngiyabonga
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
3.3 How Are You?
unjani
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Good afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
3.8 Please
Ngiyacela
कृपया
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
3.10 Bye
bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Qwabe
Doteli
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Nepal
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
790,000.00
Rank: 30 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Bajhangi
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
India, Nepal
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Ndebele
Baitadeli
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Nepal
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
12
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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30.00 million
Rank: 36 (Overall)
30.00 million
Rank: 36 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.16 %
Rank: 48 (Overall)
0.25 %
Rank: 41 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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12.00 million
Rank: 44 (Overall)
25.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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16.00 million
Rank: 17 (Overall)
5.00 million
Rank: 29 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
isiZulu
नेपाली (nēpālī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
5.3.4 French Name
zoulou
népalais
5.3.5 German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Nepali
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Zulu people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
6 History
6.1 Origin
19
19 BC
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Beatu
Indic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Nepali
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 58 (Overall)
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Rank: 44 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
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Signed Nepali
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
zu
ne
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
zul
nep
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
zul
nep
7.3 ISO 639 3
zul
npi
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
zulu1248
nepa1254
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
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7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Zulu and Nepali Alphabets

Zulu and Nepali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Nepali. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Nepali Alphabets there are 48 letters. To learn Zulu and Nepali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Nepali languages. The Zulu phonology consist Zulu vowels and Zulu consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Zulu greetings vs Nepali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Nepali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Nepali Speaking population

Zulu and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Zulu vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Nepali Language Codes

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

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