IsiZulu

Zulu /ˈzuːluː/, noma isiZulu wulimi lwabantu base Ningizimu neAfrika abayingxenye yamaNguni. Abantu abakhuluma isiZulu babizwa ngama Zulu.

Lalela ke; isiZulu wulimi lwamaZulu. Sikhulunywa abantu bokudabuka abayizigidi eziyishumi nambili (12 million), abatholakala ikakhulukazi esifundazweni sakwaZulu-Natal(esifundazweni saseMbo), eNingizimu Afrika.

IsiZulu yilona lulimi lokudabuka olukhulunywa kunazozonke eNingizimu Afrika (24% yabantu). Ekanti nesigamu (50%) sabantu ezweni siyaluqonda lolulimi[5]. Ngo 1994 isiZulu sabekwa njengolunye lwezilimu eziyishumi nanye (11) ezisemthethweni eNingizimu Afrika.

Ngokosolwazi, isiZulu silandela isiSwahili ngokukhulunywa kakhulu ezilimini zaBantu. Njengazo zonke izilimu zaBantu, isiZulu sibhalwa ngezinhlamvu zesiLatin.

Ngokwe Singisi sase Ningizimu Afrika, lolulimi lubizwa ngendlela yokudabuka kuthiwe "isiZulu".

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