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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Ethiopia, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Ethiopia

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
Somalia

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board
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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.

Similar To

Xhosa Language
Somali Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5734
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

710
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5024
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sawubona
akkam

Thank You

Ngiyabonga
Galatoomi

How Are You?

unjani
Attam jirta/jirtu?

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku
Nagayattii buli

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa
Akkam waarite

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama
Attam oolte / ooltan

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni
Attam bulte/bultan

Please

Ngiyacela
Maaloo

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
naa dhiisi

Bye

bye
Nagayattii!

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
Sin jaaladha

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Maaloo na dabarsi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Borana

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
Ethiopia, Kenya

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.004,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Orma

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
Kenya

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0066,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
Wata

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Kenya

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0013,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

417
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 %0.36 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million24.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million35.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiZulu
Afaan Oromo

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Afaan Oromoo

French Name

zoulou
galla

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Galla-Sprache

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[ɔrɔmɔ]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Oromos

History

Origin

19
16

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Cushitic

Branch

Beatu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu
No early forms

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu
Afaan Oromo

Language Position

8791
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
Oromo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
om

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
orm

ISO 639 2/B

zul
orm

ISO 639 3

zul
orm

ISO 639 6

zul
orm

Glottocode

zulu1248
nucl1736

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

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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.