Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
South Africa
  
National Language
India
  
South Africa
  
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
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
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.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
unjani
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
bye
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
marathe
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
10th century
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Indic
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Deep Zulu
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
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
  
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.