Countries
South Africa
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
South Africa
France
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Italian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Merci
How Are You?
unjani
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Bonjour
Please
Ngiyacela
S'il vous plaît
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
African French
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Africa
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
isiZulu
français
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Français
French Name
zoulou
français
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Not Available
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Romance
Branch
Beatu
Not Available
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard French
Signed Forms
Not Available
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
zulu1248
stan1290
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Zulu and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and French language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs French Difficulty
The Zulu vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.