1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
United States of America
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
United States of America
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
Not Available
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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Apache Language
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
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?
unjani
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Yá'át'ééh
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Yá'át'ééh abíní
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Not available
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Ayóó ánííníshí
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Arizona
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Navajo2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
New Mexico
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 million1.70 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million1.70 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
isiZulu
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
5.3.3 Alternative Names
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Navajo-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Zulu people
Navajo people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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
Navajo 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
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
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic