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Zulu vs Burmese


Burmese vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
57  
34
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
12  
9

How Many Consonants
50  
35
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Arakanese  

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

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

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
440,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
10.00 million  
23

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  

History

Origin
19  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Beatu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
87  
99+
43  
32

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
bur  

ISO 639 3
zul  
mya  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Zulu and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Burmese language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Zulu and Burmese Language History.

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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.

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