Countries
South Africa
  
Rajastan, India
  
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 in
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Marwari-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
22.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.