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Zulu vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Old German Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
16   
13

How Many Consonants
50   
35
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   

How Are You?
unjani   
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
शुभः सायंकालः   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
शुभ दुपार   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   

Please
Ngiyacela   
कृपया (kripayā)   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Bye
bye   
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
0   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
14.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
isiZulu   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Not Available   

French Name
zoulou   
sanskrit   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Sanskrit   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19   
2000 B.C.   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Beatu   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Sanskrit   

Language Position
87   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
san   

ISO 639 3
zul   
san   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Ancient   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Zulu and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Sanskrit language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. 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 Sanskrit Language History.

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Zulu and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Sanskrit language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Zulu vs Sanskrit Difficulty

The Zulu vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.

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