Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
- 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
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
unjani
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
Not Available
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
Not Available
  
bye
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Madurese
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
madourais
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Maduresisch
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Madurese
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
Not Available
  
19
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Madurese
  
Deep Zulu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mad
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
mad
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
mad
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
madu1247
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Madurese and Zulu 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 Madurese and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Zulu language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Madurese vs Zulu Difficulty
The Madurese vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Zulu 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 Madurese and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.