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Zulu and Marwari


Marwari and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Rajastan, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Rajastan, 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   
Nepal, Pakistan   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Gujarati Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
50   
35
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
khammaghani   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
dhanyavaad   

How Are You?
unjani   
Kikan ho sa?   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
shubh raatri   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
Shubh Honjh   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
Shubh Befar   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
Shubh Havar   

Please
Ngiyacela   
kirpa   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
Maaf Karo   

Bye
bye   
bye   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
main tanne pyaar karoon   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
maaf karo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Jogi   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
India   

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Bagri   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
India   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Dhundhari   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.21 %   
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
14.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
isiZulu   
Marwari   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani   

French Name
zoulou   
marvari   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Marwari   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Marwari or Marwadi   

History

Origin
19   
16   

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   
Marwari   

Language Position
87   
99+
72   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
mwr   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
mwr   

ISO 639 3
zul   
mwr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
raja1256   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Zulu and Marwari Speaking population

Zulu and Marwari speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Marwari languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Marwari Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marwari language is 0.21 %. 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 Marwari on Zulu vs Marwari where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Marwari Language Codes

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

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