Countries
South Africa
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
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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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Munda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5730
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
5021
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sawubona
Henda ho
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Adi Johar
How Are You?
unjani
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
संध्यायान
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Boge Setak’
Please
Ngiyacela
দয়া করে
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
দুঃখিত
Bye
bye
Hariau
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Uxolo
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Mahali
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
India
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Not present
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
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How Many People Speak
28,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ndebele
Not present
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
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How Many People Speak
28,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
41
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.16 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
12.00 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiZulu
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
zoulou
santal
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
19
20th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Beatu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Santali
Language Position
8741
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
sat
ISO 639 2/B
zul
sat
ISO 639 3
zul
sat
ISO 639 6
zul
sat
Glottocode
zulu1248
sant1410
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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