Countries
South Africa
  
Wales
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
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Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
Helô
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
Bore da
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
bye
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Gwynedd
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiZulu
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
zoulou
  
gallois
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
19
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Welsh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
All Zulu and Welsh 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 Welsh dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Welsh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Welsh Dialects are spoken in different Welsh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Welsh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh , Y Wyndodeg. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Welsh Speaking population
Zulu and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh 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 Welsh on Zulu vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Welsh Language Codes
Zulu and Welsh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Welsh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.