Countries
South Africa
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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
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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5733
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
5016
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sawubona
Halo
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Nuhun
How Are You?
unjani
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Wilujeng énjing
Please
Ngiyacela
Mangga
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Hapunten
Bye
bye
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Punten
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Banten
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Bogor
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ndebele
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Bandung
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.16 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
12.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
16.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiZulu
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
zoulou
soundanais
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
19
5th 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
Sundanese
Language Position
8742
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
sun
ISO 639 2/B
zul
sun
ISO 639 3
zul
sun
ISO 639 6
zul
sun
Glottocode
zulu1248
sund1251
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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