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Zulu and Hindi


Hindi and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Fiji, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
India   

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Central Hindi Directorate   

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Urdu   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
11   
8

How Many Consonants
50   
35
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
नमस्ते (Namastē)   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
unjani   
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   

Please
Ngiyacela   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
खेद (Khēda)   

Bye
bye   
अलविदा (Alavidā)   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Khariboli   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
240,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Marwari   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
22,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Bundeli   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Bundelkhand   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
4

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
380.00 million   
5

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
4.70 %   
5

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
260.00 million   
4

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
120.00 million   
6

Native Name
isiZulu   
हिन्दी   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   

French Name
zoulou   
hindi   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Hindi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Hindustani people   

History

Origin
19   
7th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Beatu   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Standard Hindi   

Language Position
87   
99+
5   
5

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
hi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
hin   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
hin   

ISO 639 3
zul   
hin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
hins   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
hind1269   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
59-AAF-qf   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Zulu and Hindi Speaking population

Zulu and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Zulu and Hindi on Zulu vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Hindi Language Codes

Zulu and Hindi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Hindi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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