Zulu and Javanese
Countries
South Africa
Indonesia
National Language
South Africa
Indonesia
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Not Available
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 Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
matur nuwun
How Are You?
unjani
piye kabare?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Sugeng énjing
Please
Ngiyacela
Not Available
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Indonesia
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Cirebon
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Indonesia
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Indonesia
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
isiZulu
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
zoulou
javanais
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Javanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indonesian
Branch
Beatu
Not Available
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Javanese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
zulu1248
java1253
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Zulu and Javanese 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 Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Javanese Speaking population
Zulu and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Zulu vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Javanese Language Codes
Zulu and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.