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Countries

Countries

East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

51
0 46
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National Language

Indonesia, Island of Madura
South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Pan South African Language Board

Interesting Facts

  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  • 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 and Javanese Languages
Xhosa Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2757
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

67
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2150
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Halo
Sawubona

Thank You

matur nuwun
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

piye kabare?
unjani

Good Night

wengi sing apik
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

Sugeng sọnten
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

Sugeng siang
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

Sugeng énjing
okuhle ekuseni

Please

tolong
Ngiyacela

Sorry

Nyuwun pangapunten
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

Pamit
bye

I Love You

Kula tresna panjengan
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

Nuwun séwu
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kangean
Qwabe

Where They Speak

Indonesia
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

110,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Bawean
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

Indonesia
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

8,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bangkalan
Ndebele

Where They Speak

Indonesia
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

8,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

64
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

15.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.23 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Madurese
isiZulu

Alternative Names

Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

madourais
zoulou

German Name

Maduresisch
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[madura]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Madurese
Zulu people

History

Origin

8th Century AD
19

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indonesian
Benue-Congo

Branch

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Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Madurese
Deep Zulu

Language Position

6987
1 120
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Signed Forms

Madurese Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data Available
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mad
zul

ISO 639 2/B

mad
zul

ISO 639 3

mad
zul

ISO 639 6

-
zul

Glottocode

madu1247
zulu1248

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUT-fg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Madurese and Zulu Alphabets

Madurese and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Madurese and Zulu. In Madurese Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Madurese and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Madurese and Zulu languages. The Madurese phonology consist Madurese vowels and Madurese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Madurese greetings vs Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Madurese and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

All Madurese 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 Madurese and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Madurese and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Madurese are spoken in different Madurese Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Madurese vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Madurese dialects include: Kangean, Bawean. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Madurese and Zulu Speaking population

Madurese and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Madurese and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Madurese and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 % 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 Madurese and Zulu on Madurese vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Madurese and Zulu Language Codes

Madurese and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Madurese and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.