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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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