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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community

Total No. Of Countries

16
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain

Second Language

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Spain

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee

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.
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.

Similar To

Xhosa Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5727
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5023
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sawubona
Hola

Thank You

Ngiyabonga
Gràcies

How Are You?

unjani
Com estàs?

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku
Bona nit

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa
Bona nit

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama
Bona tarda

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni
Bon dia

Please

Ngiyacela
Sisplau

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
Perdó!

Bye

bye
Adéu

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
T'estimo

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Dispensi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Caló

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
France, Portugal, Spain

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Valencian

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
Spain

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.002,400,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
Ribagorçan

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Spain

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.004,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

48
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million9.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.16 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million4.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million5.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiZulu
català

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian

French Name

zoulou
catalan; valencien

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Katalanisch

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Catalan people

History

Origin

19
c. 1028

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Romance

Branch

Beatu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu
Old Catalan

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian

Language Position

8732
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
Signed Catalan

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
ca

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
cat

ISO 639 2/B

zul
cat

ISO 639 3

zul
cat

ISO 639 6

zul
cat

Glottocode

zulu1248
stan1289

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg
51-AAA-e

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Zulu and Catalan Alphabets

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

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

Zulu and Catalan Speaking population

Zulu and Catalan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Catalan languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Catalan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 %. 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 Catalan on Zulu vs Catalan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Catalan Language Codes

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