Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
South Africa
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
South Africa
Second Language
South Africa
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
dankjewel
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
unjani
Good Night
goede Nacht
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
goedenavond
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
goedemorgen
okuhle ekuseni
Please
alsjeblieft
Ngiyacela
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
zoulou
German Name
Niederländisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
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Ethnicity
Dutch people
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mode1257
zulu1248
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Dutch 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 Dutch and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Zulu Speaking population
Dutch and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Zulu on Dutch vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Zulu Language Codes
Dutch and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.