Zulu
pronunciation
How to pronounce Zulu in British English:
UK [ˈzuːluː]
How to pronounce Zulu in American English:
US [ ˈzuːluː]
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- Noun:
- a member of the tall Negroid people of southeast Africa living in northern Natal
- a Bantu language of considerable literary importance in southeastern Africa
Word Origin
- Zulu (n.)
- one of a Bantu people of South Africa, 1824, a native name. As radio code word for -z- from 1960.
Example
- 1. The sunday times , south africa 's biggest-selling weekend paper , recently launched a zulu edition .
- 2. As well as english , french , portuguese and arabic , it offers zulu , afrikaans , amharic and swahili .
- 3. The researchers focused on hindi and zulu because these languages contain certain phonemes that are difficult for native english speakers to recognize .
- 4. Some believe the team may also benefit from a little muti-a zulu word that refers to witchcraft and traditional medicine , as well as the powders and potions used in the practices .
- 5. Today most young indians speak only english or are bilingual in english and afrikaans , though they may continue to chat at home in a kind of pidgin english larded with indian and zulu .