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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Pan South African Language Board
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    • 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.
    1.9 Similar To
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    Xhosa Language
    1.10 Derived From
    Arabic Language
    Not Available
    2 Alphabets
    2.1 Alphabets in
    2.2 Alphabets
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    24
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
    57
    Rank: 34 (Overall)
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    2.3 Phonology
    2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    7
    Rank: 4 (Overall)
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    2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
    50
    Rank: 35 (Overall)
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    2.4 Scripts
    Latin
    Latin
    2.5 Writing Direction
    Not Available
    Not Available
    2.6 Hard to Learn
    2.6.1 Language Levels
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    3
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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    36 weeks
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
    44 weeks
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
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    3 Greetings
    3.1 Hello
    Habari
    Sawubona
    3.2 Thank You
    Asante
    Ngiyabonga
    3.3 How Are You?
    Habari gani?
    unjani
    3.4 Good Night
    Usiku mwema
    okuhle ebusuku
    3.5 Good Evening
    Habari za jioni
    okuhle kusihlwa
    3.6 Good Afternoon
    nzuri Alasiri
    okuhle ntambama
    3.7 Good Morning
    Habari za asubuhi
    okuhle ekuseni
    3.8 Please
    tafadhali
    Ngiyacela
    3.9 Sorry
    pole
    Ngiyaxolisa
    3.10 Bye
    bye
    bye
    3.11 I Love You
    nakupenda
    Ngiyakuthanda wena
    3.12 Excuse Me
    Samahani
    Uxolo
    4 Dialects
    4.1 Dialect 1
    Kiunguja
    Qwabe
    4.1.1 Where They Speak
    Zanzibar island
    Gabon, South Africa
    4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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    4.2 Dialect 2
    Kimrima
    central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
    4.2.1 Where They Speak
    Dar es Salaam
    Georgia, South Africa
    4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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    4.3 Dialect 3
    Kimgao
    Ndebele
    4.3.1 Where They Speak
    Kilwa
    Zimbabwe
    4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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    4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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    12
    Rank: 12 (Overall)
    4
    Rank: 4 (Overall)
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    5 How Many People Speak
    5.1 How Many People Speak?
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    150.00 million
    Rank: 13 (Overall)
    30.00 million
    Rank: 36 (Overall)
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    5.2 Speaking Population
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    0.16 %
    Rank: 48 (Overall)
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    5.3 Native Speakers
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    15.00 million
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
    12.00 million
    Rank: 44 (Overall)
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    5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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    Not Available
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    16.00 million
    Rank: 17 (Overall)
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    5.3.2 Native Name
    Not Available
    isiZulu
    5.3.3 Alternative Names
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    Isizulu, Zunda
    5.3.4 French Name
    swahili
    zoulou
    5.3.5 German Name
    Swahili
    Zulu-Sprache
    5.4 Pronunciation
    Not Available
    Not Available
    5.5 Ethnicity
    Swahili people or Waswahili
    Zulu people
    6 History
    6.1 Origin
    6th century
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    6.2 Language Family
    Niger-Congo Family
    Niger-Congo Family
    6.2.1 Subgroup
    Benue-Congo
    Benue-Congo
    6.2.2 Branch
    Bantu
    Beatu
    6.3 Language Forms
    6.3.1 Early Forms
    No early forms
    urban Zulu
    6.3.2 Standard Forms
    Swahili
    Deep Zulu
    6.3.3 Language Position
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    Rank: 58 (Overall)
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    6.3.4 Signed Forms
    Not Available
    Not Available
    6.4 Scope
    Individual, Macrolanguage
    Individual
    7 Code
    7.1 ISO 639 1
    sw
    zu
    7.2 ISO 639 2
    7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
    swa
    zul
    7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
    swa
    zul
    7.3 ISO 639 3
    swa
    zul
    7.4 ISO 639 6
    Not Available
    Not Available
    7.5 Glottocode
    swah1254
    zulu1248
    7.6 Linguasphere
    99-AUS-m
    99-AUT-fg
    7.7 Types of Language
    7.7.1 Language Type
    Living
    Living
    7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
    Not Available
    Subject-Verb-Object
    7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
    Not Available
    Not Available

    Swahili and Zulu Alphabets

    Swahili and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Zulu. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Swahili and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Zulu languages. The Swahili phonology consist Swahili vowels and Swahili consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swahili greetings vs Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

    Swahili and Zulu Speaking population

    Swahili and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available 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 Swahili and Zulu on Swahili vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

    Swahili and Zulu Language Codes

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

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