Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
South Africa
National Language
France
South Africa
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Merci
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
unjani
Good Night
bonne Nuit
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
bonsoir
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Bonjour
okuhle ekuseni
Please
S'il vous plaît
Ngiyacela
I Love You
Je t'aime
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Qwabe
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
African French
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Africa
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
français
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Français
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
français
zoulou
German Name
Französisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Beatu
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Standard French
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
zulu1248
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
French and Zulu Speaking population
French and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of French and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Zulu on French vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
French and Zulu Language Codes
French and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.