Zulu

Nguni language of eastern South Africa and neighbouring countries
Language language Q10179
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Zulu

Summary

Zulu is a language[1]. Zulu ranks in the top 0.36% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,355 views/month, #20 of 5,611).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zulu is in the country of Lesotho[3].
  • Zulu is in the country of Mozambique[4].
  • Zulu is in the country of South Africa[5].
  • Zulu's instance of is recorded as language[6].
  • Zulu's instance of is recorded as modern language[7].
  • Zulu is a type of Nguni[8].
  • Zulu is a type of Zunda[9].
  • Zulu's writing system is recorded as Latin script[10].
  • Zulu's Commons category is recorded as Zulu language[11].
  • Zulu's Wikimedia language code is recorded as zu[12].
  • Zulu's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -29, 'lon': 31}[13].
  • Zulu's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Zulu language[14].
  • Zulu's language regulatory body is recorded as Pan South African Language Board[15].
  • Zulu's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+12100000'}[16].
  • Zulu's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+11969100'}[17].
  • Zulu's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+15700000'}[18].
  • Zulu's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zu', 'text': 'isiZulu'}[19].
  • Zulu's indigenous to is recorded as Gauteng[20].
  • Zulu's indigenous to is recorded as Mpumalanga[21].
  • Zulu's indigenous to is recorded as KwaZulu-Natal[22].
  • Zulu's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ZUL[23].
  • Zulu's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133091783[24].
  • Zulu's has grammatical case is recorded as vocative case[25].
  • Zulu's has grammatical case is recorded as locative case[26].
  • Zulu's has tense is recorded as present tense[27].

Why It Matters

Zulu ranks in the top 0.36% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,355 views/month, #20 of 5,611).[2] Zulu has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Zulu is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Linguistic typology subject–verb–object, agglutinative language, noun-adjective +6
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers {'amount': '+12100000'}, {'amount': '+11969100'}, {'amount': '+15700000'}
    Language regulatory body Pan South African Language Board
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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