The grammar of the Zulu language, the pronunciation features of the Zulu language

One of the most striking features of Zulu pronunciation is the use of click consonants. Languages with this feature are also available in languages other than Zulu, but only in the Enlightenment District of South Africa. In Zulu, there are 15 inhalation consonants.

In Xhosa, there are also such consonants, but not as many as Zulu.

Zulu (Zulu: isizulu) is a language spoken by the Zulu people. It is currently used by about nine million people, 95 per cent of whom live in the Republic of South Africa.

Zulu, the mother tongue of 24% of South Africans, is the largest language in South Africa, and about 50% of the population in the country understands Zulu (Ethnologue 2005). After the end of apartheid, Zulu became one of the 11 official languages of South Africa in 1994.

Geographical distribution. Zulu belongs to the southeastern branch of the Bantu language, also known as the Ngnuni group.

Zulu is also widely spoken in KwaZulu-Natogaunar and Gauteng provinces. Lesotho and Eswatini also have a small number of Zulu speakers. The Ndebele language of Zimbabwe is a relative of Zulu language with the Ngoni language of Malawi.

All three can be traced back to the Zulu settlers of the 19th century.

The Zulu language belongs to the Niger-Congo language family. Zulu belongs to the southeastern branch of Bantu and is one of the more important languages spoken in South Africa and Lulu Central Africa. It is very close to the Xhosa and Swazi languages of the same branches.

As a result, Zulu can also be spoken in areas where Xhosa and Swazi languages are spoken.

The standard language of Zulu is mainly distributed in Zululand and Natal in South Africa. There are several dialects, some of which are prevalent in these regions, such as Lala and Qwabe; Some are local, such as Ngoni which is prevalent in Tanganyika and some parts of Malawi, and Ndebele which is found in the Transvaal and Rhodesi in the Southern Pap Bureau.

Countries and regions used South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, and Slovakia are in Songsland.

Ranking: 87 language families, Niger-Congo language family, Daye Zheng Xiyang-Congo language family, Bantu branch, Zulu language.

Official status as an official language: South Africa.

No official body Language** ISO 639-1: zu ISO 639-2 zul ethnologue

Zulu (isizulu) is the language of the Zulu people, the largest ethnic group in South Africa, belonging to the Bantu branch of the Atlantic-Congo language family of the Niger-Congo language family, and is one of the most popular languages in Africa and the largest language in South Africa. It is currently used by approximately 9 million people, 95 per cent of whom live in the Republic of South Africa. Zulu is the mother tongue of 24% of South Africans, and about 50% of the population in South Africa understands Zulu (Ethnologue 2005).

After the end of apartheid, Zulu became one of the 11 official languages of South Africa in 1994.

The language spoken by the Zulu people is isizulu. Zulu is the most spoken language in South Africa, with more than half of the South African population understanding Zulu (according to Ethnologue 2005). Many Zulus also know Slag English, Afrikaans and 11 other official South African languages.

Zulu speakers appeared in South Africa around the 14th century AD. It is likely that the Xhosa people came to South Africa during the early Bantu migration, and they absorbed a large number of the pronunciations of the early local inhabitants (San and Khoi) to form the Zulu language. Zulu, like other native South African languages, exists only in colloquial form.

It wasn't until European missionaries came to South Africa that the language was written in the Latin alphabet. The first written Zulu text was a Zulu Bible from 1883. In 1901, Tohn Dube (1871-1946), a Zulu born in Natal, founded South Africa's first local school, and he also wrote **Insila Kashaka in Zulu in 1933.

Another early Zulu writer was Raginald Dhlomo, who wrote several books describing the leaders of the Zulu nation in the 19th century.

Prior to 1994, only English, Dutch and Afrikaans were the official languages of South Africa**. However, in Kova Zulu Bantustan, the Zulu language is still heavily spoken. However, in national upper secondary education, only English and Afrikaans are spoken.

In 1994, after the fall of apartheid, the Zulu language was given a new lease of life. In the early 80s, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) established the first Zulu-language television station.

Zulu radio broadcasts and newspapers are becoming more and more common. In recent years, a Zulu-speaking film "Yesterday" has also been nominated for an Academy Award.