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Zulu vs Marwari


Marwari vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Rajastan, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Marwari-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
57   
34
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
50   
35
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
22.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.21 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
87   
99+
72   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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Zulu and Marwari Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Marwari language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Marwari language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Marwari language states that this language originated in 16. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Zulu and Marwari Language History.

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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.

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