Countries
Nigeria
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
Interesting Facts
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
unjani
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
Biko
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
Not Available
  
bye
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
igbo
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
igbo
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
19
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Deep Zulu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
All Igbo 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 Igbo and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Igbo and Zulu Speaking population
Igbo and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available 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 Igbo and Zulu on Igbo vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Igbo and Zulu Language Codes
Igbo and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.