Countries
South Africa
  
Rajastan, India
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Rajastan, 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
  
Nepal, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Gujarati Language
  
Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marwari-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
khammaghani
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
dhanyavaad
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
Kikan ho sa?
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
shubh raatri
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Shubh Honjh
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
Shubh Befar
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
Shubh Havar
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
kirpa
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Maaf Karo
  
Bye
bye
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
main tanne pyaar karoon
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
maaf karo
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Jogi
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
India
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Bagri
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Dhundhari
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
22.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
14.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiZulu
  
Marwari
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
  
French Name
zoulou
  
marvari
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Marwari
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Marwari or Marwadi
  
Origin
19
  
16
  
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
  
Marwari
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
mwr
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
mwr
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
mwr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
raja1256
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Zulu and Marwari 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 Marwari greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Marwari language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Marwari word for "Thank You" is dhanyavaad. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Marwari Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Marwari Difficulty
The Zulu vs Marwari difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Marwari 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 Marwari are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Marwari, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Marwari time required is 44 weeks.