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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
South Africa
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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57
Rank: 34 (Overall)
53
Rank: 32 (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)
43
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Sawubona
Molo
3.2 Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
unjani
Unjani
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Molo
3.8 Please
Ngiyacela
Ndicela
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Qwabe
Gcaleka
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Thembu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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4.3 Dialect 3
Ndebele
Hlubi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
South Africa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
9
Rank: 9 (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)
20.00 million
Rank: 42 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.16 %
Rank: 48 (Overall)
0.11 %
Rank: 53 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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12.00 million
Rank: 44 (Overall)
8.20 million
Rank: 52 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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16.00 million
Rank: 17 (Overall)
11.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
isiZulu
isiXhosa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
zoulou
xhosa
5.3.5 German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Xhosa-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
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5.5 Ethnicity
Zulu people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
19
16th Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Beatu
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
isiXhosa
6.3.3 Language Position
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
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Signed Xhosa
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
zu
xh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
zul
xho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
zul
xho
7.3 ISO 639 3
zul
xho
7.4 ISO 639 6
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7.5 Glottocode
zulu1248
xhos1239
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
99-AUT-fa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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Zulu and Xhosa Alphabets

Zulu and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Xhosa. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Zulu and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Xhosa Speaking population

Zulu and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Zulu vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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