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.
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ISO 639-1 code
zu
ISO 639-2 code
zul
ISO 639-3 code
zul
family
Bantu languages, Benue–Congo languages, Atlantic–Congo languages, Southern Bantoid languages
language regulator or academy
Pan South African Language Board
spoken in
Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Free State (province), Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal
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