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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Nigeria
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
11
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Nigeria
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Equatorial Guinea
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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.
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5736
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
78
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
5028
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
33
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Sawubona
kedụ
3.2 Thank You
Ngiyabonga
dalụ
3.3 How Are You?
unjani
kedụ ka ịmere
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
ka chi fo
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
mgbede ọma
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
ehihie ọma
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
ụtụtụ ọma
3.8 Please
Ngiyacela
Biko
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Ndo
3.10 Bye
bye
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
ngọpụ
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Qwabe
Enuani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Nigeria
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Ngwa
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Nigeria
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,500,000.00
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Ndebele
Not present
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
420
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million25.00 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 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
16.00 millionNA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
isiZulu
igbo
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Ibo
5.3.4 French Name
zoulou
igbo
5.3.5 German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Ibo-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[iɡ͡boː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Zulu people
Igbo people
6 History
6.1 Origin
19
30th Century BC
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Kwa
6.2.2 Branch
Beatu
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard Igbo
6.3.3 Language Position
8757
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
zu
ig
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
zul
ibo
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
zul
ibo
7.3 ISO 639 3
zul
ibo
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
zulu1248
nucl1417
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Zulu and Igbo Alphabets

Zulu and Igbo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Igbo. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Zulu and Igbo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Igbo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Igbo Speaking population

Zulu and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo 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 Igbo on Zulu vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Igbo Language Codes

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