Sanskrit and Zulu
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
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- 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
Old German Language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Sawubona
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
unjani
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
bye
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Not present
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Not Available
Gabon, South Africa
Dialect 2
Not present
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Not Available
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Not present
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Not Available
Zimbabwe
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Not Available
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
sanskrit
zoulou
German Name
Sanskrit
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Deep Zulu
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sans1269
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
All Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sanskrit and Zulu Speaking population
Sanskrit and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available 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 Sanskrit and Zulu on Sanskrit vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sanskrit and Zulu Language Codes
Sanskrit and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.