Countries
South Africa
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast 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
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
bye
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiZulu
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
zoulou
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
19
  
1700
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Standard Meithei
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Zulu and Meithei 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 Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Meithei language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Meithei Difficulty
The Zulu vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Meithei 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 Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.