Countries
South Africa
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
South Africa
France
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Italian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Merci
How Are You?
unjani
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Bonjour
Please
Ngiyacela
S'il vous plaît
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
African French
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Africa
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
isiZulu
français
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Français
French Name
zoulou
français
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Not Available
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Romance
Branch
Beatu
Not Available
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard French
Signed Forms
Not Available
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
zulu1248
stan1290
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Zulu and French Speaking population
Zulu and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and French languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Zulu vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and French Language Codes
Zulu and French language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and French Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.