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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

132
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
France

Second Language

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Xhosa Language
Italian Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5726
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

76
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5020
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sawubona
bonjour

Thank You

Ngiyabonga
Merci

How Are You?

unjani
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni
Bonjour

Please

Ngiyacela
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
désolé

Bye

bye
au revoir

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
African French

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
Africa

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

425
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.16 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiZulu
français

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Français

French Name

zoulou
français

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Französisch

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
French people

History

Origin

19
9th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Romance

Branch

Beatu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu
Standard French

Language Position

8713
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
fra

ISO 639 2/B

zul
fre

ISO 639 3

zul
fra

ISO 639 6

zul
fras

Glottocode

zulu1248
stan1290

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Zulu and French Alphabets

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

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

Zulu and French Speaking population

Zulu and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and French languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Zulu vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and French Language Codes

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