1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, India
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
India
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
1.8 Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Assamese and Oriya
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Ngiyabonga
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
3.3 How Are You?
unjani
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
3.8 Please
Ngiyacela
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Bangladesh, Burma, India
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA330,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Hajong
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million215.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million196.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
16.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
Zulu people
Bengalis (Bengali people)
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
Abahatta, Old Bengali
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available