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Zulu and Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
1   
14

National Language
Spain   
South Africa   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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 Language   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
22   
12
50   
35

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hola   
Sawubona   

Thank You
Gracias   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
unjani   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
Por Favor   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
triste   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
adiós   
bye   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Gabon, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Georgia, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Español   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
zoulou   

German Name
Spanisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
210 BC   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
2   
2
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
zul   

ISO 639 3
spa   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Spanish 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 Spanish and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Spanish and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Spanish are spoken in different Spanish Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Spanish vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish, Cuban Spanish. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Spanish and Zulu Speaking population

Spanish and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Zulu on Spanish vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Zulu Language Codes

Spanish and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Spanish and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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