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Zulu vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
57   
34
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
50   
35
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
1.16 %   
14

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   

History

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   

Language Position
87   
99+
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Zulu and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Indonesian language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Indonesian Language History.

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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.

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