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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Nigeria

Second Language

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Equatorial Guinea

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

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.
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.

Similar To

Xhosa Language
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5736
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

78
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5028
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 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sawubona
kedụ

Thank You

Ngiyabonga
dalụ

How Are You?

unjani
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku
ka chi fo

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama
ehihie ọma

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni
ụtụtụ ọma

Please

Ngiyacela
Biko

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
Ndo

Bye

bye
Kachifo

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
a hụrụ m gị n'anya

Excuse Me

Uxolo
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Enuani

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Ngwa

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
Not present

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
-

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0024.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

420
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.16 %0.09 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million24.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiZulu
igbo

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Ibo

French Name

zoulou
igbo

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Igbo people

History

Origin

19
30th Century BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Kwa

Branch

Beatu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu
No early forms

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu
Standard Igbo

Language Position

8757
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
ibo

ISO 639 2/B

zul
ibo

ISO 639 3

zul
ibo

ISO 639 6

zul
ibo

Glottocode

zulu1248
nucl1417

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

-
Agglutinative

Zulu and Igbo Alphabets

Zulu and Igbo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Igbo. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Zulu and Igbo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Igbo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Igbo Speaking population

Zulu and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Zulu vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Igbo Language Codes

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