Khasi and Zulu
Countries
Meghalaya
South Africa
National Language
Bangladesh, India
South Africa
Second Language
Not Available
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not Available
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
- 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
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Xhosa Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
Khublei
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
unjani
Good Night
thia sukh
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
babha janmiet
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
khublei
okuhle ekuseni
Please
Sngewbha
Ngiyacela
I Love You
ieit ieit
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
map a nga
Uxolo
Where They Speak
Not Available
Gabon, South Africa
Dialect 2
Nonglung
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Not Available
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Not Available
Zimbabwe
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Isizulu, Zunda
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Zulu people
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Beatu
Early Forms
No Early Forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Khasi
Deep Zulu
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
zu
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khas1269
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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All Khasi 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 Khasi and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khasi and Zulu Speaking population
Khasi and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is Not Available 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 Khasi and Zulu on Khasi vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khasi and Zulu Language Codes
Khasi and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khasi and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.