Countries
West Java
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
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
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3357
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1650
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Sawubona
Thank You
Nuhun
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
unjani
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
okuhle ekuseni
Please
Mangga
Ngiyacela
Sorry
Hapunten
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
bye
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Punten
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Banten
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Bogor
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Bandung
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
soundanais
zoulou
German Name
Sundanesisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Zulu people
Origin
5th century AD
19
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Deep Zulu
Language Position
4287
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
zul
ISO 639 2/B
sun
zul
ISO 639 3
sun
zul
ISO 639 6
sun
zul
Glottocode
sund1251
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
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