Countries
South Africa
Myanmar
National Language
South Africa
Myanmar
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sawubona
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
unjani
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Ngiyacela
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
isiZulu
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
zoulou
birman
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Bamar people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Beatu
Not Available
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
zulu1248
sout3159
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Zulu and Burmese 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 Zulu and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Burmese Speaking population
Zulu and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Zulu and Burmese on Zulu vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Burmese Language Codes
Zulu and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.