Countries
South Africa
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
South Africa
Germany
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Danke
How Are You?
unjani
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
gute Nacht
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
guten Tag
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
guten Morgen
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Verzeihung
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Texas German
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
isiZulu
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
zoulou
allemand
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Deutsch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Germans
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
zulu1248
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
All Zulu and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and German Speaking population
Zulu and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and German languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Zulu vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and German Language Codes
Zulu and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.