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Zulu vs Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
0  
15

National Language
South Africa  
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  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
Not Available  

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.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
11  
8

How Many Consonants
50  
35
34  
24

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
unjani  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
Ngiyacela  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
bye  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
Not Available  

Native Name
isiZulu  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
zoulou  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Not Available  

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  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
87  
99+
37  
29

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  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
bho  

ISO 639 3
zul  
bho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
59-AAF-sa  

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 Bhojpuri Language History

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

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

Zulu vs Bhojpuri Difficulty

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

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