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
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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
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French and Zulu Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where French and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Zulu language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common French Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Zulu Difficulty
The French vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and Zulu Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare French and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.