Zulu and Cantonese
Countries
South Africa
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
South Africa
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
晚安
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
晚上好
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
下午好
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
早上好
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
我爱你
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Hong Kong
Native Name
isiZulu
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
zoulou
cantonais
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Han Chinese
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
zu
No data available
ISO 639 3
zul
No data available
Glottocode
zulu1248
cant1236
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Zulu and Cantonese 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 Zulu and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Cantonese Speaking population
Zulu and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Zulu and Cantonese on Zulu vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Cantonese Language Codes
Zulu and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.