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Burmese and Zulu


Zulu and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
South Africa  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Mon  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Pan South African Language Board  

Interesting Facts
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
7  
4

How Many Consonants
33  
23
50  
35

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Sawubona  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
unjani  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
okuhle ntambama  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
okuhle ekuseni  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
bye  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Gabon, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
24
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Intha  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
16.00 million  
17

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
birman  
zoulou  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
19  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
43  
32
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
zul  

ISO 639 3
mya  
zul  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sout3159  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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

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Burmese and Zulu Speaking population

Burmese and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Burmese and Zulu on Burmese vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Zulu Language Codes

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

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