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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Ethiopia, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
South Africa
Ethiopia
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Somalia
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Not Available
1.8 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.
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Somali Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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57
Rank: 34 (Overall)
34
Rank: 16 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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7
Rank: 4 (Overall)
10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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50
Rank: 35 (Overall)
24
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Sawubona
akkam
3.2 Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Galatoomi
3.3 How Are You?
unjani
Attam jirta/jirtu?
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Nagayattii buli
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Akkam waarite
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Attam oolte / ooltan
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Attam bulte/bultan
3.8 Please
Ngiyacela
Maaloo
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
naa dhiisi
3.10 Bye
bye
Nagayattii!
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Sin jaaladha
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
Maaloo na dabarsi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Qwabe
Borana
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Ethiopia, Kenya
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
4,000,000.00
Rank: 19 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Orma
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Kenya
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
66,000.00
Rank: 37 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Ndebele
Wata
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Kenya
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
13,000.00
Rank: 33 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
17
Rank: 16 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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30.00 million
Rank: 36 (Overall)
25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.16 %
Rank: 48 (Overall)
0.36 %
Rank: 36 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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12.00 million
Rank: 44 (Overall)
24.00 million
Rank: 33 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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16.00 million
Rank: 17 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
isiZulu
Afaan Oromo
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Afaan Oromoo
5.3.4 French Name
zoulou
galla
5.3.5 German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Galla-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
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5.5 Ethnicity
Zulu people
Oromos
6 History
6.1 Origin
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16
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Cushitic
6.2.2 Branch
Beatu
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Afaan Oromo
6.3.3 Language Position
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
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6.4 Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
zu
om
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
zul
orm
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
zul
orm
7.3 ISO 639 3
zul
orm
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
zulu1248
nucl1736
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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Zulu and Oromo Alphabets

Zulu and Oromo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Oromo. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters. To learn Zulu and Oromo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Oromo 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 Oromo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Oromo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Oromo Speaking population

Zulu and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. 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 Oromo on Zulu vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Oromo Language Codes

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

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