Zulu language
Zulu (ISO 639-3 code zul) is a language of the Atlantic-Congo family spoken in Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Eswatini, and South Africa. It has about 27,000,000 speakers.
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | zul |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | zulu1248 |
| Family | Atlantic-Congo |
| Area | Africa |
| Countries | Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa |
| Speakers (estimate) | 27,000,000 |
Zulu words
- ahlula
- ala
- anda
- andisa
- anela
- azisa
- bamba
- bekela
- bheka
- bhula
- biza
- bona
- bonakala
- buyisana
- ceba
- chitha
- cindezela
- dla
- dlula
- duma
- enza
- eqa
- ethemba
- fela
Related languages
Other Atlantic-Congo languages, nearest first.
- Xhosa19,000,000 speakers
- Bemba4,100,000 speakers
- Makwe32,000 speakers
- Herero24,500 speakers
- Subiya24,500 speakers
- Yeyi20,000 speakers
- Kgalagadi12,500 speakers
- Kunda6,760 speakers
- Tswapong2,000 speakers
- Birwa
- Holoholo
- Mwani
More about Zulu
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.