Countries
South Africa
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Iran
  
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
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
Salam
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
bye
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiZulu
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
zoulou
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
19
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Zulu and Balochi 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 Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Balochi language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Balochi Difficulty
The Zulu vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Balochi 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 Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.