Countries
South Africa
Myanmar
National Language
South Africa
Myanmar
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Myanmar Language Commission
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 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.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sawubona
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
unjani
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Ngiyacela
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
isiZulu
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
zoulou
birman
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Bamar people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Beatu
Not Available
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
zulu1248
sout3159
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Zulu and Burmese 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 Zulu and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Burmese language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Burmese Difficulty
The Zulu vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Burmese 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 Zulu and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.