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Zulu and Igbo


Igbo and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

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.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
57  
34
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
50  
35
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
kedụ  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
dalụ  

How Are You?
unjani  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
Ngiyacela  
Biko  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
Ndo  

Bye
bye  
Not Available  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Nigeria  

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
Not Available  

Native Name
isiZulu  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Ibo  

French Name
zoulou  
igbo  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
19  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Kwa  

Branch
Beatu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
87  
99+
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
zul  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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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.

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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.

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