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Zulu and Konkani


Konkani and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Govenment of Goa   

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Marathi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
16   
13

How Many Consonants
50   
35
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
Namaskar   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
unjani   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
Not Available   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
Ngiyacela   
Chike   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
Maf kor   

Bye
bye   
Adeus   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Goa   

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
isiZulu   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
zoulou   
konkani   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
19   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Beatu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Kokani   

Language Position
87   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
kok   

ISO 639 3
zul   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Zulu and Konkani Speaking population

Zulu and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Zulu vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Konkani Language Codes

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

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