1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, No official status
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Pan South African Language Board
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Xhosa Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Sawubona
3.2 Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Ngiyabonga
3.3 How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
unjani
3.4 Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
okuhle ebusuku
3.5 Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Ngiyacela
3.9 Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Ngiyaxolisa
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Qwabe
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
16,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Georgia, South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
380,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
40.00 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
40.00 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
isiZulu
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Isizulu, Zunda
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Zulu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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