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Zulu vs Balochi


Balochi vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

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

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

Alphabets
57   
34
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
50   
35
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Perso-Arabic script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.11 %   
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   

History

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
87   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Zulu and Balochi Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Balochi language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Balochi language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Balochi language states that this language originated in 19th Century. 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 Balochi Language History.

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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.

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