Countries
South Africa
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
South Africa
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
bye
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
isiZulu
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
zoulou
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
19
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional