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Zulu and Oriya


Oriya 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  
-  

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.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
11  
8

How Many Consonants
50  
35
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

How Are You?
unjani  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
Ngiyacela  
ଦୟାକରି  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
bye  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
India  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
33,800,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
India  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
33,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
India  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
20
520,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
isiZulu  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
zoulou  
oriya  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[zuːlu]  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Odias  

History

Origin
19  
3 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Beatu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Standard Odia  

Language Position
87  
99+
32  
30

Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
ori  

ISO 639 3
zul  
ori  

ISO 639 6
zul  
ori  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
macr1269  

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
-  
-  

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

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Zulu and Oriya Speaking population

Zulu and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Zulu vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Oriya Language Codes

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

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