Countries
South Africa
  
India
  
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
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
NA
  
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.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
bye
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
22
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiZulu
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
zoulou
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
19
  
15
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Zulu and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Gujarati language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Zulu vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.