Zulu Language
Zulu is a tonal language. Zulu words my have the same spelling but take on a different meaning depending on the accented tones. Zulu is the language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers as a first language and 16 million as a second language. Most speakers of the Zulu language live in South Africa. It became one of South Africa’s eleven official languages in 1994 at the end of apartheid. Like many other Bantu languages, it is written using the Latin alphabet. Official language in South Africa and regulated by Zulu Language Board.
Zulu is spoken in:
1. South Africa
2. Zimbabwe
3. Malawi
4. Mozambique
5. Swaziland
Some common Zulu words are:
cula….. sing
d-la….. eat
imali….. money
umusa….. kindness
futi….. also
