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Malaysian vs Zulu


Zulu vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
24  
14
50  
35

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Gabon, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Pekal  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Musi  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
16.00 million  
33

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  

History

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
54  
99+
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Zulu Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Malaysian and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Zulu language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Malaysian and Zulu Language History.

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Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Zulu language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malaysian vs Zulu Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.

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