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Afrikaans and Zulu


Zulu and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
32   
14
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
7   
4

How Many Consonants
17   
7
50   
35

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

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   

History

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   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Afrikaans and Zulu Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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