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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
Pakistan

Second Language

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Pakistan

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia, Oceania

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan

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.
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.

Similar To

Xhosa Language
Arabic and Hindi Languages

Derived From

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Ghaznavid Persian Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5752
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

710
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5040
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic

Writing Direction

-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sawubona
خوش آمديد

Thank You

Ngiyabonga
آپ کا شکریہ

How Are You?

unjani
آپ کیسے ہیں؟

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku
گڈ نائٹ

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa
سلام علیکم

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama
گڈ آفٹر نون

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni
گڈ مارننگ

Please

Ngiyacela
براہ مہربانی

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
معاف کرنا

Bye

bye
الوداع

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
مجھے تم سے محبت

Excuse Me

Uxolo
معاف کیجئے گا

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Dakhini

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
India

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Hyderabadi Urdu

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
India

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0069,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
Rekhta

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
South Asia

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0069,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

43
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million104.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.16 %0.99 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million61.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million43.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiZulu
اُردُو

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Bihari

French Name

zoulou
ourdou

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Urdu

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[ˈʊrd̪u]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Urdu-speaking people

History

Origin

19
12th Century CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Beatu
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu
No early forms

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu
Modern Standard Urdu

Language Position

8720
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
Signed Urdu

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
ur

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
urd

ISO 639 2/B

zul
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ISO 639 3

zul
urd

ISO 639 6

zul
urd

Glottocode

zulu1248
urdu1245

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg
59-AAF-q

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Zulu and Urdu Alphabets

Zulu and Urdu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Urdu. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Urdu Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Zulu and Urdu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Urdu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Urdu Speaking population

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

Zulu and Urdu Language Codes

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