How many people speak Zulu and Afrikaans?

Zulu vs Afrikaans Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Zulu and Afrikaans, you will get to compare Zulu vs Afrikaans speaking population. How many people speak Zulu and Afrikaans gives you the number of people speaking Zulu and Afrikaans in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Zulu language is 30.00 million and number of people speaking Afrikaans language is 19.00 million. Find the list of widely spoken languages on Most Spoken Languages. Percentage wise, speaking population of Zulu is 0.16 % and speaking population of Afrikaans is 0.03 %. For more detailed difference check out Zulu vs Afrikaans.

Zulu native speakers vs Afrikaans native speakers

How many people speak Zulu and Afrikaans languages tells about Zulu native speakers vs Afrikaans native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 12.00 million people speak Zulu as native language while 7.10 million people speak Afrikaans as native language. You can also go to Zulu vs Afrikaans Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Zulu and Afrikaans language. In some regions, Zulu and Afrikaans languages are used as second language. There are 16.00 million speakers who use Zulu as second language and 10.30 million speakers who use Afrikaans as second language.

Native Names of Zulu and Afrikaans

Native names are used in the Zulu and Afrikaans Speaking Countries. Both Zulu and Afrikaans languages have their own native names.Under how many people speak Zulu and Afrikaans you will get to know the native names of Zulu and Afrikaans languages. The native name of Zulu is isiZulu and native name of Afrikaans is Afrikaans. The alternative names of Zulu and Afrikaans languages are as follows:

• Zulu alternative names are: Isizulu, Zunda
• Afrikaans alternative names are: Cape Dutch

The French name of Zulu is zoulou whereas German name of Zulu is Zulu-Sprache. The German name of Afrikaans is Afrikaans whereas French name of Afrikaans is zoulou.