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Zulu and Spanish


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
46  
1
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
22  
12
50  
35

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

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
105,000,000.00  
6
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
16.00 million  
33

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
2  
2
87  
99+

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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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.

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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.

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