Countries
South Africa
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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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
-
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5726
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
5024
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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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
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Pekal
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Musi
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
424
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.16 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiZulu
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
zoulou
malais
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Malaysian people
Origin
19
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Beatu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
8754
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
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
zul
may
Glottocode
zulu1248
stan1306
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative