Countries
Burma
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
- 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
Kinyarwanda Language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2157
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1950
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Bwakeye
Sawubona
Thank You
Urakoze
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
unjani
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
okuhle ekuseni
Please
Ndagusavye
Ngiyacela
Sorry
Ndasubiza
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
N’agasaga
bye
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
990,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
153,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
rundi
zoulou
German Name
Kirundi
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Zulu people
Origin
1500
19
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Deep Zulu
Language Position
8687
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
zul
ISO 639 2/B
run
zul
ISO 639 3
run
zul
ISO 639 6
run
zul
Glottocode
rund1242
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
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