Countries
South Africa
India, No official status
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 in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
India
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Beatu
Not Available
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Bhojpuri
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
zulu1248
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
59-AAF-sa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
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.