Countries
South Africa
  
India
  
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.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
15.30 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.