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Sundanese and Zulu


Zulu and Sundanese


Countries

Countries
West Java  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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
-  
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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
16  
6
50  
35

Scripts
Latin, Sundanese  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks  
15
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western dialect  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
Banten  
Gabon, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
18
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Northern dialect  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Bogor  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
16
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Priangan dialect  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Bandung  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
15
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
39.00 million  
22
16.00 million  
33

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  

History

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
42  
39
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language  
Zulu Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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

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Sundanese and Zulu Speaking population

Sundanese and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sundanese and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Sundanese and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 % 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 Sundanese and Zulu on Sundanese vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sundanese and Zulu Language Codes

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

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