Zulu national language and Zulu as a Second Language
Zulu speaking countries include both countries with Zulu national language and Zulu as a second language. Check if Zulu language is one of the Most Spoken Languages.
- Zulu is national language of South Africa.
Compare Zulu speaking countries with spanish speaking countries on Zulu vs Spanish.
Second Language is a non-native language of the speaker, but used in the locality of that person.
- Zulu is second language of Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe.
The Zulu countries mentioned under Zulu Speaking countries are the countries where majority of people speak Zulu language.
Zulu as minority language
Countries with Zulu as minority language are also included in Zulu speaking countries.
- Zulu is not spoken as minority language in any of the countries.
Along with Zulu speaking countries check out Zulu speaking population. The language spoken by minority of the population of a territory is called minority language.
- Continent wise Zulu speaking countries mainly lie in Africa.
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Zulu Regulator and Facts
Many world languages have one or more language regulators. The bodies that regulate standard languages are usually called language academies. Official organizations that regulate Zulu language are Zulu regulators. Zulu is regulated by Pan South African Language Board. The regulatory bodies of Zulu lie in Zulu speaking countries. Some of the interesting facts of Zulu:
- 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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The Zulu language is derived from Not Available and is closely related to Xhosa Language.