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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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