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Zulu
Zulu

Filipino
Filipino



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Countries

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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino

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.
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.

Similar To

Xhosa Language
Tagalog Language

Derived From

-
Spanish Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5728
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

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sawubona
Kumusta

Thank You

Ngiyabonga
Salamat

How Are You?

unjani
Kumusta

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku
magandang gabi

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa
Magandang gabi

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama
Magandang hapon

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni
Magandang umaga

Please

Ngiyacela
Mangyaring

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
pinagsisisihan

Bye

bye
Paalam

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
Mahal kita

Excuse Me

Uxolo
patawarin ninyo ako

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Bikol

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
Philippines

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Hiligaynon

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
Philippines

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.008,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
Waray

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Philippines

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.002,600,000.00
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 million90.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.16 %1.74 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million45.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million45.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiZulu
filipino

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Pilipino

French Name

zoulou
filipino; pilipino

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Pilipino

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Filipino people

History

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
Filipino

Language Position

8734
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
Filipino Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
No Data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
fil

ISO 639 2/B

zul
fil

ISO 639 3

zul
fil

ISO 639 6

zul
fil

Glottocode

zulu1248
fili1244

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg
No Data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Zulu and Filipino Alphabets

Zulu and Filipino Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Filipino. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Filipino Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Zulu and Filipino languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Filipino are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Filipino Speaking population

Zulu and Filipino speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Filipino languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Filipino Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 %. 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 Filipino on Zulu vs Filipino where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Filipino Language Codes

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