1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Konkani Language
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
3.2 Thank You
Ngiyabonga
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
unjani
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
3.8 Please
Ngiyacela
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Qwabe
Maharashtrian Konkani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Kokan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Varhadi
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Vidarbha
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA7,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,900,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million71.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million68.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
16.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Zulu people
Marathi people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
Maharashtri Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
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
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available