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
Burmese and Zulu 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 Burmese and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Zulu language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Zulu Difficulty
The Burmese vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Zulu 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 Burmese and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.