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Countries

Countries

Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

461
0 46
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National Language

Spain
South Africa

Second Language

Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa

Minority Language

Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Pan South African Language Board

Interesting Facts

  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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

French Language
Xhosa Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2757
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2250
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

hola
Sawubona

Thank You

Gracias
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

Cómo estás?
unjani

Good Night

Buenas Noches
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

Bonne soirée
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

Buenas Tardes
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

Buenos Días
okuhle ekuseni

Please

Por Favor
Ngiyacela

Sorry

triste
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

adiós
bye

I Love You

Te Quiero
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

Discúlpeme
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mexican Spanish
Qwabe

Where They Speak

Mexico
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

105,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Cuban Spanish
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

Cuba
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Puerto Rican Spanish
Ndebele

Where They Speak

Puerto Rico
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

3,900,000.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

214
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

489.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

6.15 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

410.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

89.50 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Español
isiZulu

Alternative Names

Castellano, Castilian, Español
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

espagnol; castillan
zoulou

German Name

Spanisch
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Spanish people
Zulu people

History

Origin

210 BC
19

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Romance
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Spanish and Spanish
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Deep Zulu

Language Position

287
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Spanish
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

es
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

spa
zul

ISO 639 2/B

spa
zul

ISO 639 3

spa
zul

ISO 639 6

spa
zul

Glottocode

stan1288
zulu1248

Linguasphere

51-AAA-b
99-AUT-fg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Spanish and Zulu Alphabets

Spanish and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Spanish and Zulu. In Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Spanish and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Spanish and Zulu languages. The Spanish phonology consist Spanish vowels and Spanish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Spanish greetings vs Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Spanish and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Spanish and Zulu Speaking population

Spanish and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Zulu on Spanish vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Zulu Language Codes

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