Language code: zu

Technical information about ISO 639 language code zu

The table below provides technical details for the Zulu language, designated by the zu code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

zu

Name

Official

Zulu

Native

IsiZulu

Family
Bantu
Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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Zulu belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, specifically to the Bantu subgroup. It is one of the official languages of South Africa and is written using the Latin script (Zulu alphabet). It is estimated that there are between 10 and 20 million Zulu speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Zulu speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

zu-ZA Zulu (South Africa)

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