Zulu
zu · isiZulu
Zulu (zu) is written in the Latin script and has an estimated 15M speakers. CLDR has 2 locales for it.
Native nameisiZulu
ScriptLatinLatn
Speakers15Mestimated
Countries5
Locales2
Plural forms2one, other
Overview
- Code
- zu
- Native name
- isiZulu
- Script
- Latin Latn
- Likely region
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Direction
- Left to right
- Plural categories
- one
- other
- Ordinal categories
- other
Where it is spoken
| Country | Status | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | Official (regional) | 24% |
| 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 14% | |
| 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 6.8% | |
| 🇲🇼 Malawi | 0.33% | |
| 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 0.0054% |
Plural categories
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| one | 0, 1, 0.5 |
| other | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, … |