BFSU LANGUAGE ENTRY
054 / 101Zulu
isiZuluAt BFSU, Zulu is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.
South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini
- NATIVE NAME
- isiZulu
- WRITING SYSTEM
- Latin script
- AT BFSU
- One of 101 languages
LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD
See where Zulu connects communities.
LANGUAGE REACH
Zulu is spoken across 4 countries and territories.
No. 42 of 101 languages · No. 37 by territory count
Sub-Saharan Africa
03South AfricaEswatiniMalawi
Other areas
01Lesotho
From daily conversation in South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini to education, literature and media, Zulu carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.
Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.
AT BFSU
A language opens a wider view of the world.
BFSU places Zulu within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.
The language is commonly written in Latin script; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.
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