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Zulu vs Marwari


Marwari vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Rajastan, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Rajastan, India  

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  
Nepal, Pakistan  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
-  

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.
  
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Gujarati Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Marwari-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
57  
34
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
10  
7

How Many Consonants
50  
35
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
khammaghani  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
dhanyavaad  

How Are You?
unjani  
Kikan ho sa?  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
shubh raatri  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
Shubh Honjh  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
Shubh Befar  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
Shubh Havar  

Please
Ngiyacela  
kirpa  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
Maaf Karo  

Bye
bye  
bye  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
main tanne pyaar karoon  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
maaf karo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Jogi  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
India  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
14,000,000.00  
33

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Bagri  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
India  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
14,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Dhundhari  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
India  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
20
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
22.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
14.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
isiZulu  
Marwari  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani  

French Name
zoulou  
marvari  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Marwari  

Pronunciation
[zuːlu]  
[məˈrwɑːɾi]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Marwari or Marwadi  

History

Origin
19  
16  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Beatu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Marwari  

Language Position
87  
99+
72  
99+

Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
mwr  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
mwr  

ISO 639 3
zul  
mwr  

ISO 639 6
zul  
mwr  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
raja1256  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Zulu and Marwari Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Marwari language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Marwari language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Marwari language states that this language originated in 16. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Zulu and Marwari Language History.

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Zulu and Marwari Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Zulu and Marwari greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Marwari language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Marwari word for "Thank You" is dhanyavaad. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Marwari Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Zulu vs Marwari Difficulty

The Zulu vs Marwari difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Marwari Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Zulu and Marwari are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Marwari, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Marwari time required is 44 weeks.

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