1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Not Available
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.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
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1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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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
Sawubona
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
3.2 Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
3.3 How Are You?
unjani
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
zoo tav su
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Kuv hlub koj
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA310,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Hmong Daw
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
China
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,600,000.00
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 million4.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million3.70 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Miao-Sprachen
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Hmong–Mien Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
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
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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