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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Benin, Nigeria
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
12
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Yoruba Academy
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.
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5729
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
712
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
5017
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 weeks30 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Sawubona
Ẹ n lẹ
3.2 Thank You
Ngiyabonga
e dupe
3.3 How Are You?
unjani
Bawo ni o se wa
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Kasun layọ o
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
ka a ale
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
e kaasan
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
e kaaro
3.8 Please
Ngiyacela
Jowo
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
binu
3.10 Bye
bye
bye
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
mo nifẹ rẹ
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
mo tọrọ gafara
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Qwabe
Itsekiri
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Nigeria
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA500,000.00
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Ede
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Benin, Togo
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA800,000.00
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Ndebele
Ulukwumi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Nigeria
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000.00
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 million30.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.16 %0.42 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million28.00 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
Yorùbá
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Yariba, Yooba
5.3.4 French Name
zoulou
yoruba
5.3.5 German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Yoruba-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Zulu people
Yoruba people
6 History
6.1 Origin
19
4 BC
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Western Sudanic
6.2.2 Branch
Beatu
Kwa
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Yorùbá
6.3.3 Language Position
8749
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Yoruba Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
zu
yo
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
zul
yor
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
zul
yor
7.3 ISO 639 3
zul
yor
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
zulu1248
yoru1245
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
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating

Zulu and Yoruba Alphabets

Zulu and Yoruba Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Yoruba. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Zulu and Yoruba languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Yoruba are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Yoruba Speaking population

Zulu and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Zulu vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Yoruba Language Codes

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