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
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
Not Available
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
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Xhosa Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
I love you
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Dialect 1
American English
Qwabe
Where They Speak
United States of America
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Ndebele
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
English
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Not Available
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
anglais
zoulou
German Name
Englisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Beatu
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Standard English
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
zulu1248
Linguasphere
52-ABA
99-AUT-fg
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 Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Zulu language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common English Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Zulu Difficulty
The English vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Zulu Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.