1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
India, Pakistan
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Pakistan
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Not Available
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Hindi Language
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
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
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
Sawubona
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
3.2 Thank You
Ngiyabonga
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
3.3 How Are You?
unjani
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.8 Please
Ngiyacela
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
3.10 Bye
bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Saraiki
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA20,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Pakistan, Punjab, India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million154.30 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million100.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
16.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Pandschabi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Availble
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
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
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology