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Zulu Language



Countries
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Countries
South Africa 0

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

National Language
South Africa 0

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe 0

Speaking Continents
Africa 0

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries 0

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board 0

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.
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Similar To
Xhosa Language 0

Derived From
Not Available 0

Alphabets
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Alphabets in
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Alphabets
57 34

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
7 4

How Many Consonants
50 35

Scripts
Latin 0

Writing Direction
Not Available 0

Hard to Learn
0

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 11

Greetings
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Hello
Sawubona 0

Thank You
Ngiyabonga 0

How Are You?
unjani 0

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku 0

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa 0

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama 0

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni 0

Please
Ngiyacela 0

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa 0

Bye
bye 0

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena 0

Excuse Me
Uxolo 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Qwabe 0

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu 0

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 3
Ndebele 0

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Total No. Of Dialects
4 4

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million 36

Speaking Population
0.16 % 48

Native Speakers
12.00 million 44

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million 17

Native Name
isiZulu 0

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda 0

French Name
zoulou 0

German Name
Zulu-Sprache 0

Pronunciation
Not Available 0

Ethnicity
Zulu people 0

History
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Origin
19 0

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family 0

Subgroup
Benue-Congo 0

Branch
Beatu 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
urban Zulu 0

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu 0

Language Position
87 58

Signed Forms
Not Available 0

Scope
Individual 0

Code
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ISO 639 1
zu 0

ISO 639 2
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ISO 639 2/T
zul 0

ISO 639 2/B
zul 0

ISO 639 3
zul 0

ISO 639 6
Not Available 0

Glottocode
zulu1248 0

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg 0

Types of Language
0

Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object 0

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available 0

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Origin of Zulu language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Zulu language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Zulu language states that it was put to use in 19. The history of Zulu language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Zulu Language History.The evolution of Zulu language began with early forms such as urban Zulu. Deep Zulu is the standard form of Zulu language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Zulu Language.

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Zulu population

Zulu population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Zulu language. Zulu language is spoken by 30.00 million people in the world. Most of the Zulu population lies in the Zulu Speaking Countries. Zulu language is spoken as first language by 12.00 million people and as second language by about 16.00 million people. Get to know Zulu speaking population in detail.

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Zulu writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Zulu writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Zulu language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Zulu language. Learn more about . 

Information about Zulu language

Check out all the information about Zulu language here. You may find it interesting to learn Zulu Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Zulu Speaking Countries, Zulu speaking continents and Zulu Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Zulu countries knowing common Zulu Greetings will help you in communicating with Zulu people.

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