Countries
South Africa
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
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
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
من شما را دوست دارم
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
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
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Persian
Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
zulu1248
fars1254
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic
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.
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.