Countries
South Africa
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Ireland
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5718
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
5013
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Sawubona
Dia dhuit
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
unjani
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Ngiyacela
le do thoil
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Tá brón orm
Bye
bye
Slán
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Connacht
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Munster
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Ulster
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.16 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiZulu
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
zoulou
irlandais moyen
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Irish people
Origin
19
c. 750
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Celtic
Branch
Beatu
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
8725
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
gle
ISO 639 2/B
zul
gle
ISO 639 3
zul
gle
ISO 639 6
zul
gle
Glottocode
zulu1248
iris1253
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional