Countries
South Africa
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
South Africa
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
dankjewel
How Are You?
unjani
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
goede Nacht
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
goedemiddag
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
goedemorgen
Please
Ngiyacela
alsjeblieft
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Ik hou van jou
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
isiZulu
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
zoulou
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Dutch people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
zulu1248
mode1257
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
All Zulu and Dutch 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 Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Dutch Speaking population
Zulu and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Zulu vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Dutch Language Codes
Zulu and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.