Zulu Language
| The Zulu Language | |
| person | umZulu |
| people | amaZulu |
| language | isiZulu |
| country | kwaZulu |
Zulu (isiZulu in Zulu) is the language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority (over 95%) of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa (24% of the population) as well as being understood by over 50% of the population (Ethnologue 2005). It became one of South Africa's eleven official languages in 1994.
According to Ethnologue, it is the second most widely spoken Bantu language after Shona. Like many other Bantu languages, it is written using the Latin alphabet.
Read more about Zulu Language: Geographical Distribution, History, Contemporary Usage, Grammar, Phrases, Sample Text, Common Place Names in Zulu, The 'Zulu'/'isiZulu' Debate, Zulu Words in South African English, Books
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