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Countries

Countries

South Africa
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore

Total No. Of Countries

15
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Indonesia, Island of Madura

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
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board
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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.
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.

Similar To

Xhosa Language
Malay and Javanese Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5727
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

76
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5021
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sawubona
Halo

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
tolong

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
Nyuwun pangapunten

Bye

bye
Pamit

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
Kula tresna panjengan

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Nuwun séwu

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Kangean

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00110,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Bawean

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.008,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
Bangkalan

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.008,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

46
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million15.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.16 %0.23 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million15.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million14.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiZulu
Madurese

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura

French Name

zoulou
madourais

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Maduresisch

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[madura]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Madurese

History

Origin

19
8th Century AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Indonesian

Branch

Beatu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu
No early forms

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu
Madurese

Language Position

8769
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
Madurese Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
No data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
mad

ISO 639 2/B

zul
mad

ISO 639 3

zul
mad

ISO 639 6

zul
-

Glottocode

zulu1248
madu1247

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

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Zulu and Madurese Alphabets

Zulu and Madurese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Madurese. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Madurese Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Zulu and Madurese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Madurese languages. The Zulu phonology consist Zulu vowels and Zulu consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Zulu greetings vs Madurese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Madurese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Madurese Speaking population

Zulu and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. 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 Madurese on Zulu vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Madurese Language Codes

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