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Zulu vs Sindhi


Sindhi vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
India, Pakistan, Sindh  

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  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  

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.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Gujarati  

Derived From
Not Available  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
10  
7

How Many Consonants
50  
35
42  
31

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
Assalam O Alaikum  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
Meharbani  

How Are You?
unjani  
Kehra haal aahin  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
tava kia aayo  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
Sham Jo Salam  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
Assalam o Alaikum  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
Subho Bakhair  

Please
Ngiyacela  
Mehrbani  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
Moon khe afsos aahe  

Bye
bye  
Allah Wahi  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Maaf Kajo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Upper Sindh  

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Central Sindh  

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Lari  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Lower Sindh  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.39 %  
34

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
Not Available  

Native Name
isiZulu  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Not Available  

French Name
zoulou  
sindhi  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Sindhi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
19  
711 A.D  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Beatu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Sindhi  

Language Position
87  
99+
50  
37

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
sd  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
snd  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
snd  

ISO 639 3
zul  
snd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
sind1272  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Zulu and Sindhi Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Sindhi language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Sindhi language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D. 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 Sindhi Language History.

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

Zulu vs Sindhi Difficulty

The Zulu vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Sindhi 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 Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Sindhi time required is Not Available.

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