1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
India, Manipur
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Not Available
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
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
Yamna nungaijare
3.3 How Are You?
unjani
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Athengba Ahing
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Not Available
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Nongale haugatl
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Eina nangbu nungsi
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Burma, Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Pangal
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA273,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,250,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million1.50 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million1.50 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Zulu people
Meithei people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard Meithei
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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