Countries
South Africa
  
India
  
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 in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
0
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.