Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
South Africa
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
South Africa
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa
Minority Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Not Available
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Thank you
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
How are you?
unjani
Good Night
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
I Love You
I love you
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Dialect 1
American English
Qwabe
Where They Speak
United States of America
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Ndebele
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
English
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Not Available
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
anglais
zoulou
German Name
Englisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Beatu
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Standard English
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
zulu1248
Linguasphere
52-ABA
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Zulu Speaking population
English and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of English and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Zulu on English vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
English and Zulu Language Codes
English and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.