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Spanish and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
46   
1

National Language
South Africa   
Spain   

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
50   
35
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
hola   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
Gracias   

How Are You?
unjani   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
Buenos Días   

Please
Ngiyacela   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
triste   

Bye
bye   
adiós   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
isiZulu   
Español   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
zoulou   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19   
210 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Romance   

Branch
Beatu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
87   
99+
2   
2

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
spa   

ISO 639 3
zul   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Zulu and Spanish Speaking population

Zulu and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Zulu vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Spanish Language Codes

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

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