Countries
South Africa
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast 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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5727
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
5015
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sawubona
Khurumjari
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
unjani
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Nongale haugatl
Please
Ngiyacela
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Saobiganu
Bye
bye
Chatcharage
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Uxolo
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Loi
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Pangal
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ndebele
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.16 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
12.00 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiZulu
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
zoulou
Meithei
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Meithei
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Meithei people
Origin
19
1700
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Beatu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard Meithei
Language Position
8738
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
zu
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
mni
ISO 639 2/B
zul
mni
ISO 639 3
zul
mni
ISO 639 6
zul
mni
Glottocode
zulu1248
mani1292
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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