Countries
Myanmar
South Africa
National Language
Myanmar
South Africa
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
- 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.
Similar To
Thai Language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Sawubona
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
unjani
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
bye
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Burma
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
birman
zoulou
German Name
Birmanisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Zulu people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Beatu
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
All Burmese and Zulu Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Burmese and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Zulu Speaking population
Burmese and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Burmese and Zulu on Burmese vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Zulu Language Codes
Burmese and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.