Countries
South Africa
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Philippines
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
-
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5721
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
5016
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sawubona
Hoy
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Salamat
How Are You?
unjani
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Maayong Buntag
Please
Ngiyacela
Palihug
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Ikasubo ko
Bye
bye
Babay
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Boholano
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Bohol
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ndebele
North Kana
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.16 %0.32 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiZulu
Visayan
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
zoulou
cebuano
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Cebuano people
Origin
19
16th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Beatu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
8762
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
zul
ceb
ISO 639 3
zul
ceb
ISO 639 6
zul
ceb
Glottocode
zulu1248
cebu1242
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-