Zulu people

ethnic group in South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
Intangible ethnic_group Q129962
Zulu people
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Zulu people

Summary

Zulu people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,052 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zulu was Zulu people's native language[3].
  • Xhosa was Zulu people's native language[4].
  • Zulu people's religion is recorded as Christianity[5].
  • Zulu people's religion is recorded as animism[6].
  • Zulu people is in the country of South Africa[7].
  • Zulu people is in the country of Eswatini[8].
  • Zulu people is in the country of Lesotho[9].
  • Zulu people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[10].
  • Zulu people is a type of Nguni people[11].
  • Zulu people's Commons category is recorded as Zulu people[12].
  • Zulu people's country of origin is recorded as sub-Saharan Africa[13].
  • Zulu people's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Zulu topics[14].
  • Zulu people has a population of {'amount': '+10500000'}[15].
  • Zulu people's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16].
  • Zulu people's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Zulu people's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Zulu people's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[19].
  • Zulu people's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[20].
  • Zulu people's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Afrikaans[21].
  • Zulu people's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Portuguese[22].
  • Zulu people's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Smithsonian Libraries African Ethnic Groups[23].
  • Zulu people's P14541 is recorded as 4DuFVJ[24].

Body

Definition and Type

Zulu people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[10]. It is a type of Nguni people[11].

Influence

Things named for Zulu people include HMS Zulu[25], a destroyer[26].

Why It Matters

Zulu people ranks in the top 1% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,052 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for it include HMS Zulu[25], a destroyer[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 27d ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM250837
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14249]]: SM250837, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → zulu-african-people
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: zulu-african-people, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289969726|zulu african people (#289969726)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915"
  3. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4DuFVJ
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37444|batch #37444]]: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) ([[Property:P14541]]) 2"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Religion or worldview → Christianity, animism
    Population → {'amount': '+10500000'}
    Instance of → ethnic group
    Topic's main category → Category:Zulu topics
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17154, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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