Zulu and Khasi
Countries
South Africa
Meghalaya
National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
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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.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Khublei
How Are You?
unjani
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
thia sukh
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
khublei
Please
Ngiyacela
Sngewbha
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
Uxolo
map a nga
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
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Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
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Dialect 3
Ndebele
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
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Speaking Population
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
isiZulu
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Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Zulu people
Khasi people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Beatu
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Early Forms
urban Zulu
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Khasi
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
zulu1248
khas1269
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Zulu and Khasi 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 Khasi dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Khasi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Khasi Dialects are spoken in different Khasi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Khasi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Khasi dialects include: Bhoi , Nonglung. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Khasi Speaking population
Zulu and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is Not Available. 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 Khasi on Zulu vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Khasi Language Codes
Zulu and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.