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Marathi vs Zulu


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Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
7  
4

How Many Consonants
36  
26
50  
35

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
42  
29
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million  
25
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
1.10 %  
18
0.16 %  
99+

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  

History

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  

Language Position
17  
15
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Marathi and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Marathi vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Marathi and Zulu language. History of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Marathi and Zulu Language History.

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Marathi 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 Marathi and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Zulu language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Marathi vs Zulu Difficulty

The Marathi vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi 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 Marathi and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.

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