Countries
South Africa
  
South Africa
  
National Language
South Africa
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Dutch Language
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
unjani
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
asseblief
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
jammer
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
Not Available
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
17th Century
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Western
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
Deep Zulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
Afrikaans and Zulu Speaking population
Afrikaans and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Zulu on Afrikaans vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Zulu Language Codes
Afrikaans and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.