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Sanskrit vs Zulu


Zulu vs Sanskrit


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
  • 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

Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.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
20 weeks   
5
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

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   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Indic   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
zul   

ISO 639 3
san   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sans1269   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Sanskrit and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Sanskrit vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Sanskrit and Zulu language. History of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C. 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 Sanskrit and Zulu Language History.

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

Sanskrit vs Zulu Difficulty

The Sanskrit vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.

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