Countries
South Africa
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
India
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5752
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
716
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
5036
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sawubona
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
unjani
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
Ngiyacela
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
bye
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Kokan
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
442
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.16 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiZulu
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
zoulou
marathe
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Marathi
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Marathi people
Origin
19
10th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Beatu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Marathi
Language Position
8717
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
mar
ISO 639 2/B
zul
mar
ISO 639 3
zul
mar
ISO 639 6
zul
mar
Glottocode
zulu1248
mara1378
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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-