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Countries

Countries

Philippines
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
South Africa

Second Language

Philippines
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Pan South African Language Board

Interesting Facts

  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  • 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

Tagalog Language
Xhosa Language

Derived From

Spanish Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2857
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2350
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kumusta
Sawubona

Thank You

Salamat
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

Kumusta
unjani

Good Night

magandang gabi
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

Magandang gabi
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

Magandang hapon
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

Magandang umaga
okuhle ekuseni

Please

Mangyaring
Ngiyacela

Sorry

pinagsisisihan
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

Paalam
bye

I Love You

Mahal kita
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

patawarin ninyo ako
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Bikol
Qwabe

Where They Speak

Philippines
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

100,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiligaynon
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

Philippines
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

8,200,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Waray
Ndebele

Where They Speak

Philippines
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

2,600,000.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

84
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

90.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.74 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

45.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

45.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

filipino
isiZulu

Alternative Names

Pilipino
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

filipino; pilipino
zoulou

German Name

Pilipino
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Filipino people
Zulu people

History

Origin

16th Century
19

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Filipino
Deep Zulu

Language Position

3487
1 120
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Signed Forms

Filipino Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No Data Available
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fil
zul

ISO 639 2/B

fil
zul

ISO 639 3

fil
zul

ISO 639 6

fil
zul

Glottocode

fili1244
zulu1248

Linguasphere

No Data Available
99-AUT-fg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Filipino and Zulu Alphabets

Filipino and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Filipino and Zulu. In Filipino Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Filipino and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Filipino and Zulu languages. The Filipino phonology consist Filipino vowels and Filipino consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Filipino greetings vs Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Filipino and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Filipino and Zulu Speaking population

Filipino and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 % 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 Filipino and Zulu on Filipino vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Filipino and Zulu Language Codes

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