Countries
South Africa
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
South Africa
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Thank you
How Are You?
unjani
How are you?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Good Night
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Good Morning
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
I love you
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Qwabe
American English
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
isiZulu
English
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Not Available
French Name
zoulou
anglais
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Zulu people
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Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Beatu
Not Available
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard English
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
zulu1248
stan1293
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Zulu and English Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Zulu and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and English language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs English Difficulty
The Zulu vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Zulu and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.