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Oriya and Zulu


Zulu and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
42   
22
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
7   
4

How Many Consonants
31   
21
50   
35

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
520,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million   
34
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.16 %   
99+

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   

History

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   

Language Position
32   
26
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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