1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Indonesia, Island of Madura
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Not Available
1.8 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.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Malay and Javanese Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
wengi sing apik
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Sugeng sọnten
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Sugeng siang
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Sugeng énjing
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Nyuwun pangapunten
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Kula tresna panjengan
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Indonesia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA110,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Bawean
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Indonesia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million15.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million15.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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