1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Philippines
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
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.
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Tagalog Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Spanish Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
magandang gabi
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Magandang gabi
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Magandang hapon
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Magandang umaga
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
pinagsisisihan
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Mahal kita
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
patawarin ninyo ako
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Philippines
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Hiligaynon
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Philippines
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA8,200,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,600,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million90.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million45.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
16.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
5.3.4 French Name
zoulou
filipino; pilipino
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
5.5 Ethnicity
Zulu people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No Data Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available