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Countries

Countries

South Africa
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

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
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

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.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Similar To

Xhosa Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

-
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5724
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5021
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sawubona
Habari

Thank You

Ngiyabonga
Asante

How Are You?

unjani
Habari gani?

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku
Usiku mwema

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa
Habari za jioni

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama
nzuri Alasiri

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni
Habari za asubuhi

Please

Ngiyacela
tafadhali

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
pole

Bye

bye
bye

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
nakupenda

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Samahani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Kiunguja

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
Zanzibar island

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Kimrima

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
Dar es Salaam

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
Kimgao

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Kilwa

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0075,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

412
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million150.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.16 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million15.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million75.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiZulu
Kiswahili

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili

French Name

zoulou
swahili

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Swahili

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[swaˈhili]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Swahili people or Waswahili

History

Origin

19
6th century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Benue-Congo

Branch

Beatu
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu
No early forms

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu
Swahili

Language Position

8721
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
sw

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
swa

ISO 639 2/B

zul
swa

ISO 639 3

zul
swa

ISO 639 6

zul
swa

Glottocode

zulu1248
swah1254

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg
99-AUS-m

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Zulu and Swahili Alphabets

Zulu and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Swahili. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Zulu and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Swahili Speaking population

Zulu and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Zulu vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Swahili Language Codes

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