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Countries

Countries

Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

71
0 46
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National Language

Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
South Africa

Second Language

Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Pan South African Language Board

Interesting Facts

  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  • 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

French and Portuguese Languages
Xhosa Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2157
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1650
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

ciao
Sawubona

Thank You

grazie
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

Come stai?
unjani

Good Night

buonanotte
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

buonasera
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

buon pomeriggio
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

buongiorno
okuhle ekuseni

Please

Per Favore
Ngiyacela

Sorry

scusate
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

arrivederci
bye

I Love You

Ti amo
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

Scusami
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Romanesco
Qwabe

Where They Speak

Lazio
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Italian
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tuscan
Ndebele

Where They Speak

Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

154
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.90 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

64.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Italiano
isiZulu

Alternative Names

Italiano
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

italien
zoulou

German Name

Italienisch
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[itaˈljaːno]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Italians
Zulu people

History

Origin

960 BC
19

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Romance
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Italian
Deep Zulu

Language Position

2787
1 120
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Signed Forms

italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

it
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ita
zul

ISO 639 2/B

ita
zul

ISO 639 3

ita
zul

ISO 639 6

itas
zul

Glottocode

ital1282
zulu1248

Linguasphere

51-AAA-q
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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Italian and Zulu Alphabets

Italian and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Italian and Zulu. In Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Italian and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Italian and Zulu languages. The Italian phonology consist Italian vowels and Italian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Italian greetings vs Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Italian and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Italian and Zulu Speaking population

Italian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Zulu on Italian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Zulu Language Codes

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