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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City

Total No. Of Countries

17
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City

Second Language

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)

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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.

Similar To

Xhosa Language
French and Portuguese Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5721
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5016
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
ciao

Thank You

Ngiyabonga
grazie

How Are You?

unjani
Come stai?

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku
buonanotte

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa
buonasera

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama
buon pomeriggio

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni
buongiorno

Please

Ngiyacela
Per Favore

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
scusate

Bye

bye
arrivederci

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
Ti amo

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Scusami

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Romanesco

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
Lazio

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Central Italian

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
Tuscan

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0069,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

415
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.16 %0.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million64.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million14.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiZulu
Italiano

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Italiano

French Name

zoulou
italien

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Italienisch

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[itaˈljaːno]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Italians

History

Origin

19
960 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Romance

Branch

Beatu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu
No early forms

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu
Italian

Language Position

8727
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
it

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
ita

ISO 639 2/B

zul
ita

ISO 639 3

zul
ita

ISO 639 6

zul
itas

Glottocode

zulu1248
ital1282

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg
51-AAA-q

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Zulu and Italian Alphabets

Zulu and Italian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Italian. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Zulu and Italian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Italian 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 Italian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Italian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Italian Speaking population

Zulu and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Zulu vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Italian Language Codes

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