Countries
South Africa
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
maaf
  
Bye
bye
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
isiZulu
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
zoulou
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
19
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Zulu and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Indonesian language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Zulu vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.