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Zulu vs Assamese


Assamese vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Bangladesh, 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   
Bangladesh, Bhutan   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Asam Sahitya Sabha   

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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Bengali and Oriya   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
11   
8

How Many Consonants
50   
35
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
nomoskaar   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
ḍhonyobaaḍ   

How Are You?
unjani   
aapuni kene aase?   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
subhoraattri   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
subha gadhuli   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
subha abeli   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
suprobhaat   

Please
Ngiyacela   
anugroha kori   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
moi ḍukkhita   

Bye
bye   
biḍai   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
kyoma koribo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Kamrupi   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Goalpariya   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Western Assam   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Bhakatiya   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Assam   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
isiZulu   
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   

French Name
zoulou   
assamais   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Assamesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Assamese people   

History

Origin
19   
7th century A.D   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Beatu   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
Kamarupa   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Assamese   

Language Position
87   
99+
65   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
as   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
asm   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
asm   

ISO 639 3
zul   
asm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
assa1263   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
59-AAF-w   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Zulu and Assamese Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Assamese language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Assamese language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Assamese language states that this language originated in 7th century A.D. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Zulu and Assamese Language History.

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Zulu and Assamese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Zulu and Assamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Assamese language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Assamese word for "Thank You" is ḍhonyobaaḍ. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Assamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Zulu vs Assamese Difficulty

The Zulu vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Assamese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Zulu and Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.

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