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Tagalog and Zulu


Zulu and Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Philippines  
South Africa  

Second Language
Filipinos  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
Pan South African Language Board  

Interesting Facts
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
  • 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
18  
8
50  
35

Scripts
Baybayin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
Sawubona  

Thank You
Salamat po  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
unjani  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
okuhle ntambama  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
okuhle ekuseni  

Please
pakiusap  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
Paálam  
bye  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Gabon, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Georgia, South Africa  

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

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Tagalog  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
tagalog  
zoulou  

German Name
Tagalog  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
[zuːlu]  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
1593  
19  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
58  
99+
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog  
Zulu Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
zul  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
zul  

ISO 639 6
tgl  
zul  

Glottocode
taga1269  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Tagalog and Zulu Speaking population

Tagalog and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tagalog and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Tagalog and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 % 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 Tagalog and Zulu on Tagalog vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tagalog and Zulu Language Codes

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

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