1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Andra Pradesh, India
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Karnataka
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
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.
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
1.9 Similar To
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
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
3.2 Thank You
Ngiyabonga
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
3.3 How Are You?
unjani
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
3.8 Please
Ngiyacela
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA170,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Chenchu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA30,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million80.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million75.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
16.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Telugu-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Zulu people
Telugu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
Early Telugu epigraphy
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available