Countries
Indonesia
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
South Africa
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2657
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1950
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
73
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Sawubona
Thank You
Terima kasih
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
unjani
Good Night
Selamat Malam
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
okuhle ekuseni
Please
mohon Untuk
Ngiyacela
Sorry
maaf
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
Selamat tinggal
bye
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Permisi
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Balinese
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
464
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
163.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
23.00 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
140.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
indonésien
zoulou
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Zulu people
Origin
7th Century
19
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Malay
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Deep Zulu
Language Position
5687
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
id
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ind
zul
ISO 639 2/B
ind
zul
ISO 639 3
ind
zul
ISO 639 6
ind
zul
Glottocode
indo1316
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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