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==Facts about Zulu == | ==Facts about Zulu == | ||
*'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>zul</code> | *'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>zul</code> | ||
*'''Autonyms''' (''how to write "Zulu" in Zulu''): <code>IsiZulu</code> | |||
*'''Other names for "Zulu"''': <code>Isizulu, Kingoni, Ngoni, Zunda</code> | |||
*'''The Zulu language is spoken in''': <code>South Africa</code> | |||
Zulu is a Southern Bantu language of the Nguni branch spoken in Southern Africa. It is the language of the Zulu people, with about 12 million native speakers, who primarily inhabit the province of KwaZulu-Natal of South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa (24% of the population), and it is understood by over 50% of its population. It became one of South Africa's 11 official languages in 1994. | |||
===Sources=== | |||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_language | |||
==Zulu Dictionaries== | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://isizulu.net/ Isizulu.net]: Zulu-English dictionary | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.wolfescape.com/WebPages/ZuluDict.htm Useful Zulu medical dictionary] by Jason Wolfe (1993) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.unisa.ac.za/static/corporate_web/Content/UnisaOpen/freeOnlineCourse/Zulu/Zulu.html Unisa]: Zulu-English vocabulary by topics & common phrases <span class="k">(+ audio)</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://web.archive.org/web/20200822101822/https://www.bulgari-istoria-2010.com/Rechnici/Zulu-English_dictionary.pdf Zulu-English dictionary] by Clement Doke & Benedict Vilakazi (1972) [[new.htm|[[File:../images/newlink.gif|class=img-0|what's new?]]]] | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/zuluenglishdicti00brya?view=theater Zulu-English dictionary] & <span class="x">synopsis of Zulu grammar</span> & <span class="x">concise history of the Zulu people from the most ancient times</span>, by Alfred Bryant (1905) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/zuluenglishdict01colegoog?view=theater Zulu-English dictionary] by John Colenso (1905) & [https://books.google.com/books?id=kpACAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1861] edition | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/anenglishzuludi00robegoog?view=theater English-Zulu dictionary] by Charles Roberts (1895) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=hV0yAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover Metaphor in Zulu]: <span class="x">problems in the translation of Biblical metaphor in the Book of Amos</span>, by Eric Hermanson (2006) | |||
===Sources=== | |||
https://www.lexilogos.com/english/zulu_dictionary.htm | |||
==Free Zulu Lessons== | ==Free Zulu Lessons== | ||
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Facts about Zulu
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
zul - Autonyms (how to write "Zulu" in Zulu):
IsiZulu - Other names for "Zulu":
Isizulu, Kingoni, Ngoni, Zunda - The Zulu language is spoken in:
South Africa
Zulu is a Southern Bantu language of the Nguni branch spoken in Southern Africa. It is the language of the Zulu people, with about 12 million native speakers, who primarily inhabit the province of KwaZulu-Natal of South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa (24% of the population), and it is understood by over 50% of its population. It became one of South Africa's 11 official languages in 1994.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_language
Zulu Dictionaries
• Isizulu.net: Zulu-English dictionary
• Useful Zulu medical dictionary by Jason Wolfe (1993)
• Unisa: Zulu-English vocabulary by topics & common phrases (+ audio)
• Zulu-English dictionary by Clement Doke & Benedict Vilakazi (1972) [[new.htm|[[File:../images/newlink.gif|class=img-0|what's new?]]]]
• Zulu-English dictionary & synopsis of Zulu grammar & concise history of the Zulu people from the most ancient times, by Alfred Bryant (1905)
• Zulu-English dictionary by John Colenso (1905) & 1861 edition
• English-Zulu dictionary by Charles Roberts (1895)
• Metaphor in Zulu: problems in the translation of Biblical metaphor in the Book of Amos, by Eric Hermanson (2006)
Sources
https://www.lexilogos.com/english/zulu_dictionary.htm