1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
India, Karnataka, India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Karnataka, India
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Goa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
1.9 Similar To
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
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
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
3.3 How Are You?
unjani
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
3.8 Please
Ngiyacela
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA540,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Urali
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
kerala
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA220,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million49.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million38.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
16.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old Kannada, Kannada
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
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
99-AUT-fg
No data available
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