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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

146
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Spain

Second Language

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Xhosa Language
French Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5727
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5022
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
hola

Thank You

Ngiyabonga
Gracias

How Are You?

unjani
Cómo estás?

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni
Buenos Días

Please

Ngiyacela
Por Favor

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
triste

Bye

bye
adiós

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
Mexico

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
Cuba

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

421
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.16 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiZulu
Español

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

zoulou
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Spanish people

History

Origin

19
210 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Romance

Branch

Beatu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

872
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
spa

ISO 639 2/B

zul
spa

ISO 639 3

zul
spa

ISO 639 6

zul
spa

Glottocode

zulu1248
stan1288

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Zulu and Spanish Alphabets

Zulu and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Spanish. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Zulu and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Spanish Speaking population

Zulu and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Zulu vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Spanish Language Codes

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