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Zulu vs Japanese


Japanese vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Japan  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Palau  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
50  
35
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
unjani  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Ngiyacela  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
bye  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
Not Available  

Native Name
isiZulu  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Not Available  

French Name
zoulou  
japonais  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
19  
1185  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Beatu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Japanese  

Language Position
87  
99+
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
zul  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Zulu and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Japanese language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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Zulu and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Japanese language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Zulu vs Japanese Difficulty

The Zulu vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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