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Zulu and Malaysian


Malaysian and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
South Africa   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
50   
35
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
Hai   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
unjani   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Ngiyacela   
sila   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
maaf   

Bye
bye   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
isiZulu   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Not Available   

French Name
zoulou   
malais   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Beatu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
87   
99+
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
may   

ISO 639 3
zul   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Zulu and Malaysian Speaking population

Zulu and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Zulu and Malaysian on Zulu vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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