Zulu or
isiZulu is the
language of the
Zulu people with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority (over 95%) of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken
home language in South Africa (24% of the population) as well as being understood by over 50% of the population (Ethnologue 2005). It became one of
South Africa's eleven official languages in 1994.