Countries
South Africa
Nigeria
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
Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
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
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Nigeria
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Nigeria
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Not present
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
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Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Ibo
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Igbo people
Origin
19
30th Century BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
zulu1248
nucl1417
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative