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Zulu vs Japanese


Japanese vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Japan   

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Palau   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
50   
35
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
unjani   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
Ngiyacela   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
bye   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
kansai   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
128.00 million   
9

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
isiZulu   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Not Available   

French Name
zoulou   
japonais   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
19   
1185   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Beatu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Japanese   

Language Position
87   
99+
8   
8

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
zul   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Zulu and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Japanese language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Zulu and Japanese Language History.

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Zulu and Japanese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Zulu and Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Japanese language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Zulu vs Japanese Difficulty

The Zulu vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Japanese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Zulu and Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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