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Zulu and English


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
33  
2
1  
14

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
-  
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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
50  
35

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

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
225,000,000.00  
4
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
16.00 million  
33

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
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
3  
3
87  
99+

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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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.

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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.

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