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Zulu vs Bengali


Bengali vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
South Africa  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
India  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
11  
8

How Many Consonants
50  
35
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
unjani  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
Ngiyacela  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
bye  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
330,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
71,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
19.00 million  
16

Native Name
isiZulu  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
zoulou  
bengali  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
19  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Beatu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Bengali  

Language Position
87  
99+
4  
4

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
ben  

ISO 639 3
zul  
ben  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
59-AAF-u  

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 Bengali Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Bengali language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Bengali language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Bengali language states that this language originated in 1000–1200 CE. 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 Bengali Language History.

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Zulu and Bengali 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 Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Bengali language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Zulu vs Bengali Difficulty

The Zulu vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Bengali 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 Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.

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