Countries
South Africa
India
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
Alphabets in
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Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
India
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Not present
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
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Dialect 3
Ndebele
Not present
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
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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
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Santali
Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
No data available
Glottocode
zulu1248
sant1410
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Zulu and Santali Speaking population
Zulu and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 %. 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 Santali on Zulu vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Santali Language Codes
Zulu and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.