Zulu

Persian

Zulu and Persian

Zulu

Persian

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Countries

South Africa

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

South Africa

Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Second Language

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Speaking Continents

Africa

Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board

Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan

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.

In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.

Similar To

Xhosa Language

Pashto and Balochi Languages

Derived From

Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5732

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

0 32

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How Many Consonants

5023

9 60

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Scripts

Latin

Arabic

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

Sawubona

سلام

Thank You

Ngiyabonga

متشکرم

How Are You?

unjani

چطور هستید?

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku

شب بخیر

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa

عصر بخیر

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama

بعد از ظهر بخیر

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni

صبح به خیر

Please

Ngiyacela

لطفا

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa

متاسف

Bye

bye

خدا حافظ

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena

من شما را دوست دارم

Excuse Me

Uxolo

ببخشيد!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe

Western Persian

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa

Iran, Iraq

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0047,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Dari Persian

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa

Afganistan

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0012,500,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Ndebele

Tajik Persian

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.007,900,000.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

412

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million65.00 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

0.16 %0.99 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

12.00 million65.00 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million110.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

isiZulu

فارسی

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda

New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian

French Name

zoulou

persan

German Name

Zulu-Sprache

Persisch

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]

[fɒːɾˈsiː]

Ethnicity

Zulu people

Persian people

History

Origin

1500 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo

Indo-Iranian

Branch

Beatu

Iranian

Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu

Old Persian and Middle Persian

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu

Persian

Language Position

8723

1 120

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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language

Persian Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul

fas

ISO 639 2/B

zul

per

ISO 639 3

zul

pes

ISO 639 6

zul

pers

Glottocode

zulu1248

fars1254

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg

58-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic

Zulu and Persian Alphabets

Zulu and Persian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Persian. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Zulu and Persian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Persian 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 Persian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Persian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

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Zulu and Persian Speaking population

Zulu and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Zulu vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Persian Language Codes

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