Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
unjani
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
scusate
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Italiano
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
italien
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
960 BC
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Deep Zulu
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Italian and Zulu Speaking population
Italian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Zulu on Italian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Italian and Zulu Language Codes
Italian and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Italian and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.