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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
41
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
India
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Pan South African Language Board
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  • 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
Konkani Language
Xhosa Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5257
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
167
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
3650
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
33
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Sawubona
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Ngiyabonga
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
unjani
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
okuhle ebusuku
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Ngiyacela
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Ngiyaxolisa
3.10 Bye
बाय (Bāya)
bye
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Qwabe
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kokan
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Varhadi
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Georgia, South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Ndebele
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Khandesh
Zimbabwe
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00NA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
424
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
71.00 million30.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
1.10 %0.16 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million12.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
3.00 million16.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
isiZulu
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Isizulu, Zunda
5.3.4 French Name
marathe
zoulou
5.3.5 German Name
Marathi
Zulu-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Zulu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
10th century
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6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Indic
Beatu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
urban Zulu
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Marathi
Deep Zulu
6.3.3 Language Position
1787
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
mr
zu
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mar
zul
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mar
zul
7.3 ISO 639 3
mar
zul
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
mara1378
zulu1248
7.6 Linguasphere
omr
99-AUT-fg
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Marathi and Zulu Alphabets

Marathi and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Marathi and Zulu. In Marathi Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Marathi and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Marathi and Zulu languages. The Marathi phonology consist Marathi vowels and Marathi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Marathi greetings vs Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Marathi and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Marathi and Zulu Speaking population

Marathi and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % 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 Marathi and Zulu on Marathi vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Zulu Language Codes

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