1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
India, No official status
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Maithili and Magahi
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Sawubona
प्रणाम (prannam)
3.2 Thank You
Ngiyabonga
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
3.3 How Are You?
unjani
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
राम राम (raam raam)
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
राम राम (raam raam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
राम राम (raam raam)
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
राम राम (raam raam)
3.8 Please
Ngiyacela
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Qwabe
Caribbean Hindustani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA16,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Fiji Hindi
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA380,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million40.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million40.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
isiZulu
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
5.5 Ethnicity
Zulu people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available