Chinese and Zulu
Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
South Africa
National Language
China, Taiwan
South Africa
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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.
Similar To
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Xhosa Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Sawubona
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
unjani
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Ngiyaxolisa
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Uxolo
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Wu
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
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Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
chinois
zoulou
German Name
Chinesisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Han
Zulu people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Beatu
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
zulu1248
Linguasphere
79-AAA
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Chinese and Zulu Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Zulu Speaking population
Chinese and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Zulu on Chinese vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Zulu Language Codes
Chinese and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.