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Countries

Countries

Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

321
0 46
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National Language

France
South Africa

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Pan South African Language Board

Interesting Facts

  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • 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

Italian Language
Xhosa Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2657
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

67
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2050
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
Sawubona

Thank You

Merci
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
unjani

Good Night

bonne Nuit
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

bonsoir
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

Bonjour
okuhle ekuseni

Please

S'il vous plaît
Ngiyacela

Sorry

désolé
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

au revoir
bye

I Love You

Je t'aime
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Qwabe

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

Africa
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Ndebele

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

254
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
isiZulu

Alternative Names

Français
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

français
zoulou

German Name

Französisch
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

French people
Zulu people

History

Origin

9th Century
19

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Romance
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Standard French
Deep Zulu

Language Position

1387
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
zul

ISO 639 2/B

fre
zul

ISO 639 3

fra
zul

ISO 639 6

fras
zul

Glottocode

stan1290
zulu1248

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
99-AUT-fg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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French and Zulu Alphabets

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

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

French and Zulu Speaking population

French and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of French and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Zulu on French vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Zulu Language Codes

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