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Swahili vs Zulu - What's the difference?

swahili | zulu |

As proper nouns the difference between swahili and zulu

is that swahili is an agglutinative language widely spoken in East Africa. Born of the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade while Zulu is an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.

As an adjective Zulu is

pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language.

As a noun Zulu is

an individual member of the Zulu people.

swahili

English

(Swahili language)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • An agglutinative language widely spoken in East Africa. Born of the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade.

    • Synonyms

    * KiSwahili, Kiswahili

    See also

    * (sw) * Language list

    External links

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    zulu

    Translingual

    Symbol

    (head)
  • The letter Z in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
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