1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Filipinos
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
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
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Magandang gabi
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Magandang gabi po
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Magandang hapon po
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Magandang umaga po
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
pinagsisisihan
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Iniibig kita
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Batangas, Gabon
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Bisalog
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Philippines
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA90,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million73.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
1.13 Native Speakers
12.00 million28.00 million
0.13
873
1.13.1 Second Language Speakers
16.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
1.13.2 Native Name
1.13.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Filipino, Pilipino
1.13.4 French Name
1.13.5 German Name
1.14 Pronunciation
Not Available
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
1.15 Ethnicity
Zulu people
Tagalog people
2 History
2.1 Origin
2.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
2.2.1 Subgroup
2.2.2 Branch
2.3 Language Forms
2.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
2.3.2 Standard Forms
2.3.3 Language Position
2.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
2.4 Scope
3 Code
3.1 ISO 639 1
3.2 ISO 639 2
3.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
3.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
3.3 ISO 639 3
3.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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3.5 Glottocode
3.6 Linguasphere
3.7 Types of Language
3.7.1 Language Type
3.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
3.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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