Countries
South Africa
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5753
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
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How Many Consonants
5041
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sawubona
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
unjani
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
Ngiyacela
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ndebele
Doabi
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
430
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.16 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
12.00 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
16.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiZulu
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
zoulou
pendjabi
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Punjabis
Origin
19
1000 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Beatu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
8723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
zu
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
pan
ISO 639 2/B
zul
pan
ISO 639 3
zul
pan
ISO 639 6
zul
panj
Glottocode
zulu1248
panj1256
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional