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.
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.
Speakers
13M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Zulu speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
zu-ZA
– Zulu (South Africa)
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