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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
33
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
South Africa
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Not Available
1.8 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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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57
Rank: 34 (Overall)
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
About Thai Lang..
7
Rank: 4 (Overall)
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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50
Rank: 35 (Overall)
21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
7
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
6 weeks
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Sawubona
Hello
3.2 Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Thank you
3.3 How Are You?
unjani
How are you?
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Good Morning
3.8 Please
Ngiyacela
Please
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Sorry
3.10 Bye
bye
Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
I love you
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Qwabe
American English
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
225,000,000.00
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Hiberno-English
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
About Chinese L..
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
4,500,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall)
About Dzongkha Language
4.3 Dialect 3
Ndebele
Welsh English
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
United Kingdom
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
2,500,000.00
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
188
Rank: 34 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
About English L..
30.00 million
Rank: 36 (Overall)
1,200.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.16 %
Rank: 48 (Overall)
5.43 %
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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12.00 million
Rank: 44 (Overall)
400.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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16.00 million
Rank: 17 (Overall)
400.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
isiZulu
English
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
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5.3.4 French Name
zoulou
anglais
5.3.5 German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Englisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
5.5 Ethnicity
Zulu people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
19
5th Century AD
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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6.2.2 Branch
Beatu
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard English
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 58 (Overall)
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Rank: 3 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
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Signed English
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
zu
en
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
zul
eng
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
zul
eng
7.3 ISO 639 3
zul
eng
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
7.5 Glottocode
zulu1248
stan1293
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
52-ABA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Zulu and English Alphabets

Zulu and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and English. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Zulu and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and English 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 English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and English are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and English Speaking population

Zulu and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and English languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Zulu vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and English Language Codes

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

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