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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

331
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
South Africa

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa

Minority Language

South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Pan South African Language Board

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Xhosa Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2657
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2150
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

73
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Sawubona

Thank You

Thank you
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

How are you?
unjani

Good Night

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni

Please

Please
Ngiyacela

Sorry

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

Bye
bye

I Love You

I love you
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Qwabe

Where They Speak

United States of America
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Ndebele

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1884
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
isiZulu

Alternative Names

English
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

anglais
zoulou

German Name

Englisch
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

English people
Zulu people

History

Origin

5th Century AD
19

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

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Benue-Congo

Branch

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Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Standard English
Deep Zulu

Language Position

387
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
zul

ISO 639 2/B

eng
zul

ISO 639 3

eng
zul

ISO 639 6

engs
zul

Glottocode

stan1293
zulu1248

Linguasphere

52-ABA
99-AUT-fg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Zulu Alphabets

English and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Zulu. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn English and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Zulu languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

All English 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 English and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of English and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Zulu Speaking population

English and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of English and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Zulu on English vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Zulu Language Codes

English and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.