1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Philippines
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Pan South African Language Board
1.8 Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Tagalog Language
Xhosa Language
1.10 Derived From
Spanish Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
magandang gabi
okuhle ebusuku
3.5 Good Evening
Magandang gabi
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
Magandang umaga
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
pinagsisisihan
Ngiyaxolisa
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Mahal kita
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Philippines
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Philippines
Georgia, South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
90.00 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
45.00 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
45.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
5.3.4 French Name
filipino; pilipino
zoulou
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Zulu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No Data Available
99-AUT-fg
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available