Zulu (isiZulu)

Zulu is written in the Latin script, spoken by about 16.0M people across 5 regions.

Script

Language tag

zu-Latn

Speakers

16.0M

Status

Living

Sample text

Bonke

Ngokunjalo ukwamukelwa ngokuzuzwa kwesithunzi

Ngokunjalo ukunganakwa nokwedelelwa kwamalungelo esintu kube

Alphabet (120)

AU+0041 BU+0042

BH

CH

DL

DY

EU+0045 FU+0046 GU+0047

GC

GQ

GX

HH

HL

IU+0049 JU+004A KU+004B

KH

KL

KP

LU+004C MU+004D NU+004E

NC

NGC

NGQ

NGX

NHL

NK

NKC

NKQ

NKX

NQ

NTSH

NX

NY

OU+004F PU+0050

PH

QH

RH

SH

TH

TL

TS

TSH

UU+0055 VU+0056 WU+0057 XU+0058

XH

YU+0059 ZU+005A aU+0061 bU+0062

bh

ch

dl

dy

eU+0065 fU+0066 gU+0067

gc

gq

gx

hh

hl

iU+0069 jU+006A kU+006B

kh

kl

kp

lU+006C mU+006D nU+006E

nc

ngc

ngq

ngx

nhl

nk

nkc

nkq

nkx

nq

ntsh

nx

ny

oU+006F pU+0070

ph

qh

rh

sh

th

tl

ts

tsh

uU+0075 vU+0076 wU+0077 xU+0078

xh

yU+0079 zU+007A

Numbers (15)

-U+002D ,U+002C .U+002E %U+0025 +U+002B 0U+0030 1U+0031 2U+0032 3U+0033 4U+0034 5U+0035 6U+0036 7U+0037 8U+0038 9U+0039

Punctuation (13)

-U+002D ,U+002C ;U+003B :U+003A !U+0021 ?U+003F .U+002E (U+0028 )U+0029 [U+005B ]U+005D {U+007B }U+007D

Unicode blocks used

C0 Controls and Basic Latin (Basic Latin)

Where it's spoken

Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa

Notes

Old orthography used Ɓ ɓ. Tone marking (high, low, falling) with ◌́ ◌̀ ◌̂ is only used in a few dictionaries and doesn’t seem to be used in teaching material.

Other languages written in Latin