Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
South Africa
Second Language
Indonesia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
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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
2450
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Sawubona
Thank You
terima kasih
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
unjani
Good Night
Selamat Malam
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
okuhle ekuseni
Please
sila
Ngiyacela
Sorry
maaf
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
Selamat tinggal
bye
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
30,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
244
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
malais
zoulou
German Name
Malaiisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Zulu people
Origin
c. 683 AD
19
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Deep Zulu
Language Position
5487
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
zul
ISO 639 2/B
may
zul
ISO 639 3
zsm
zul
ISO 639 6
may
zul
Glottocode
stan1306
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
Agglutinative
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