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Zulu and French


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
32  
3
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
50  
35

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

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
6,200,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
African French  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
16.00 million  
33

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
13  
12
87  
99+

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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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.

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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.

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