1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Spain
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
1.10 Derived From
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Bona tarda
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
T'estimo
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
France, Portugal, Spain
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA440,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Valencian
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Spain
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,400,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million9.20 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million4.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
16.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
5.3.4 French Name
zoulou
catalan; valencien
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
5.5 Ethnicity
Zulu people
Catalan people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Catalan
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available