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Countries

Countries

Nigeria
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Equatorial Guinea
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Pan South African Language Board

Interesting Facts

  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  • 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

Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Xhosa Language

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3657
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

87
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2850
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

52 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

kedụ
Sawubona

Thank You

dalụ
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

kedụ ka ịmere
unjani

Good Night

ka chi fo
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

mgbede ọma
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

ehihie ọma
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

ụtụtụ ọma
okuhle ekuseni

Please

Biko
Ngiyacela

Sorry

Ndo
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

Kachifo
bye

I Love You

a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

ngọpụ
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Enuani
Qwabe

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ngwa
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Ndebele

Where They Speak

-
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

24.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

204
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.09 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

24.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

igbo
isiZulu

Alternative Names

Ibo
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

igbo
zoulou

German Name

Ibo-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[iɡ͡boː]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Igbo people
Zulu people

History

Origin

30th Century BC
19

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Kwa
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Standard Igbo
Deep Zulu

Language Position

5787
1 120
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Signed Forms

Igbo Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ig
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ibo
zul

ISO 639 2/B

ibo
zul

ISO 639 3

ibo
zul

ISO 639 6

ibo
zul

Glottocode

nucl1417
zulu1248

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUT-fg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
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Igbo and Zulu Alphabets

Igbo and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and Zulu. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Igbo and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and Zulu languages. The Igbo phonology consist Igbo vowels and Igbo consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Igbo greetings vs Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Igbo and Zulu Speaking population

Igbo and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % 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 Igbo and Zulu on Igbo vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Zulu Language Codes

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