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Zulu
Zulu

Sindhi
Sindhi



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Countries

Countries

South Africa
India, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
India, Pakistan, Sindh

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
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority

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.
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.

Similar To

Xhosa Language
Gujarati

Derived From

-
Prakrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5764
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

710
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5042
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Devanagari

Writing Direction

-
Right-To-Left, 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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Greetings

Hello

Sawubona
Assalam O Alaikum

Thank You

Ngiyabonga
Meharbani

How Are You?

unjani
Kehra haal aahin

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku
tava kia aayo

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa
Sham Jo Salam

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama
Assalam o Alaikum

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni
Subho Bakhair

Please

Ngiyacela
Mehrbani

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
Moon khe afsos aahe

Bye

bye
Allah Wahi

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
Man tokhe prem karyan ti

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Maaf Kajo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Siraiki

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
Upper Sindh

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0025,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Vicholi

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
Central Sindh

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0025,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
Lari

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Lower Sindh

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0025.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

46
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million29.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.16 %0.39 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million25.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiZulu
سنڌي

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Sindhi

French Name

zoulou
sindhi

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Sindhi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[sɪndi]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Sindhi people

History

Origin

19
711 A.D

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Beatu
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu
Sindhi

Language Position

8750
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
Signed Sindhi

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
sd

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
snd

ISO 639 2/B

zul
snd

ISO 639 3

zul
snd

ISO 639 6

zul
snd

Glottocode

zulu1248
sind1272

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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-

Zulu and Sindhi Alphabets

Zulu and Sindhi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Sindhi. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Sindhi Alphabets there are 64 letters. To learn Zulu and Sindhi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Sindhi 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 Sindhi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Sindhi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Sindhi Speaking population

Zulu and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Zulu vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Sindhi Language Codes

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