1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
European Union, Ireland
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Ireland
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United Kingdom
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Foras na Gaeilge
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.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Ngiyabonga
Go raibh maith agat
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Oíche mhaith
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Tráthnóna maith duit
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Tráthnóna maith duit
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Dia dhuit ar maidin
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Is breá liom thú
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Connacht
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Munster Irish
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Munster
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million1.79 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million0.14 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
16.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
isiZulu
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Mittelirisch
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Irish Sign Language
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
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology