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Assamese and Zulu


Zulu and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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  • 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.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
7   
4

How Many Consonants
41   
30
50   
35

Scripts
Bengali   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar   
Sawubona   

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?   
unjani   

Good Night
subhoraattri   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
subha gadhuli   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
subha abeli   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
suprobhaat   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
anugroha kori   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
biḍai   
bye   

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Gabon, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Goalpariya   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Assam   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
assamais   
zoulou   

German Name
Assamesisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Assamese people   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
7th century A.D   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Indic   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Assamese   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
65   
99+
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
as   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
asm   
zul   

ISO 639 3
asm   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
assa1263   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Assamese and Zulu Speaking population

Assamese and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Assamese and Zulu on Assamese vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Zulu Language Codes

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

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