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Cantonese and Zulu


Zulu and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
China, Guangdong   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
50   
35

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好   
Sawubona   

Thank You
谢谢   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
unjani   

Good Night
晚安   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
晚上好   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
早上好   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
请   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
遗憾   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
再见   
bye   

I Love You
我爱你   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Gabon, South Africa   

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
Not Available   
zoulou   

German Name
Not Available   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
17th century   
19   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
zul   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Cantonese and Zulu Speaking population

Cantonese and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Zulu on Cantonese vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Zulu Language Codes

Cantonese and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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