Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
South Africa
National Language
Germany
South Africa
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- 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 English Languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Danke
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
unjani
Good Night
gute Nacht
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
guten Abend
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
guten Morgen
okuhle ekuseni
Sorry
Verzeihung
Ngiyaxolisa
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Swabian German
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Germany
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Texas German
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Texas
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
allemand
zoulou
German Name
Deutsch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Germans
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Signed German
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
zulu1248
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
All German 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 German and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of German and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Zulu Speaking population
German and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of German and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Zulu on German vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Zulu Language Codes
German and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.