Countries
South Africa
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
South Africa
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sawubona
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
unjani
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Ngiyacela
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Israel, kerala
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Mappila
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
India
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
France, kerala
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
isiZulu
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
zoulou
malayalam
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Malayalam
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Malayali
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Beatu
Not Available
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early form
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
zulu1248
mala1464
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Zulu and Malayalam 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 Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Malayalam language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Zulu vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.