Countries
South Africa
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Haiti
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cuba
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Xhosa Language
French Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5729
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
5020
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sawubona
Bonjou
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Mèsi
How Are You?
unjani
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Bon nwit
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Bon apre-midi
Please
Ngiyacela
Souple
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Dezole
Bye
bye
Babay
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Cayes
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.16 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiZulu
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
zoulou
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Haitians
Origin
19
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Beatu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Haitian Creole
Language Position
8799
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
hat
ISO 639 2/B
zul
hat
ISO 639 3
zul
hat
ISO 639 6
zul
hat
Glottocode
zulu1248
hait1244
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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