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
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
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Not Available
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.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Thank you
How Are You?
unjani
How are you?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Good Night
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Good Morning
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
I love you
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Qwabe
American English
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
isiZulu
English
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Not Available
French Name
zoulou
anglais
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Zulu people
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Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Beatu
Not Available
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard English
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
zulu1248
stan1293
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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.