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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
11
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
South Africa
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5732
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
715
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
5017
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
33
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Sawubona
hallo
3.2 Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Dankie
3.3 How Are You?
unjani
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
goeie nag
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
goeie more
3.8 Please
Ngiyacela
asseblief
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
jammer
3.10 Bye
bye
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Qwabe
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Ndebele
Baster Afrikaans
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Namibia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
43
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million19.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.16 %NA
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million7.10 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
16.00 million10.30 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
isiZulu
Afrikaans
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
zoulou
afrikaans
5.3.5 German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Afrikaans
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
Zulu people
Afrikaners
6 History
6.1 Origin
19
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
6.2.2 Branch
Beatu
Western
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
87NA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
zu
af
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
zul
afr
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
zul
afr
7.3 ISO 639 3
zul
afr
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
7.5 Glottocode
zulu1248
afri1274
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
52-ACB-ba
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Zulu and Afrikaans Alphabets

Zulu and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Afrikaans. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Zulu and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Afrikaans languages. The Zulu phonology consist Zulu vowels and Zulu consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Zulu greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Afrikaans Speaking population

Zulu and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Zulu and Afrikaans on Zulu vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Afrikaans Language Codes

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