Countries
India, No official status
South Africa
National Language
India
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Pan South African Language Board
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.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Sawubona
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
unjani
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Ngiyaxolisa
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Ndebele
Where They Speak
India
Zimbabwe
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
bhojpuri
zoulou
German Name
Bhojpuri
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Beatu
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
zu
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
bhoj1246
zulu1248
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Bhojpuri and Zulu 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 Bhojpuri and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bhojpuri and Zulu language. Bhojpuri word for "Hello" is प्रणाम (prannam) or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Bhojpuri Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bhojpuri vs Zulu Difficulty
The Bhojpuri vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bhojpuri Alphabets and Zulu 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 Bhojpuri and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bhojpuri and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bhojpuri is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.