Countries
India
  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
Interesting Facts
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
- 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
Bengali and Assamese
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
unjani
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
Not Available
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
bye
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
oriya
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
3 BC
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Indic
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Deep Zulu
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
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
  
Oriya and Zulu Speaking population
Oriya and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % 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 Oriya and Zulu on Oriya vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Oriya and Zulu Language Codes
Oriya and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oriya and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.