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Zulu (/ ˈ z uː l uː / ZOO-loo), or IsiZulu as an endonym, is a Southern Bantu language of the Nguni branch spoken and indigenous to Southern Africa.It is the language of the Zulu people, with about 13.56 million native speakers, who primarily inhabit the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. [4]
Zulu is the most widely spoken language in South Africa, where it is an official language. More than half of the South African population can understand it, with over 13.78 million first-language and over 15 million second-language speakers. [10] Many Zulu people also speak Xitsonga, Sesotho and others from among South Africa's 12 official ...
Zulu grammar. Zulu grammar is the way in which meanings are encoded into wordings in the Zulu language. Zulu grammar is typical for Bantu languages, bearing all the hallmarks of this language family. These include agglutinativity, a rich array of noun classes, extensive inflection for person (both subject and object), tense and aspect, and a ...
At least thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa: Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, and English, which is the primary language used in parliamentary and state discourse, though all official languages are equal in legal status.
Titles. King, natively: Ingonyama yamaZulu. The Zulu royal family, also known as the House of Zulu (Zulu: abakwaZulu, lit. 'people of the place of Zulu') [1] consists of the king of the Zulus, his consorts, and all of his legitimate descendants. The legitimate descendants of all previous kings are also sometimes considered to be members.
Glottolog. ngun1267. The Nguni languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in southern Africa (mainly South Africa, Zimbabwe and Eswatini) by the Nguni people. Nguni languages include Xhosa, Hlubi, Zulu, Ndebele, and Swati. The appellation "Nguni" derives from the Nguni cattle type. Ngoni (see below) is an older, or a shifted, variant.
Non-Bantu languages are greyscale. The Bantu languages (English: UK: / ˌbænˈtuː /, US: / ˈbæntuː / Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) [1][2] are a language family of about 600 languages that are spoken by the Bantu peoples of Central, Southern, Eastern and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages.
Zulu royal family: Dingane kaSenzangakhona: c. 1795 – 29 January 1840 (aged 44–45) November 1828: 29 January 1840: Half-brother of Shaka kaSenzangakhona: Zulu royal family: Mpande kaSenzangakhona: 1798 – 18 October 1872 (aged 73–74) 10 February 1840: 18 October 1872: Half-brother of Dingane kaSenzangakhona: Zulu royal family: Cetshwayo ...