Summary

Language code zu
Aliased language codes zu_za, zul
English name of the language Zulu
Text direction Left to right
Case sensitivity Case-sensitive
Number of speakers 14,969,090
Plural: Default plural 65 translations
Number of plurals 2
Plural type One/other
Plurals Singular 0, 1
Plural 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, …
Plural formula n > 1
Plural: gettext plural formula 434 translations
Number of plurals 2
Plural type One/other
Plurals Singular 1
Plural 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, …
Plural formula (n != 1)
Plural: Qt Linguist plural 0 translations
Number of plurals 2
Plural type One/other
Plurals Singular 1
Plural 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, …
Plural formula (n != 1)
09/19/2026

String statistics

Strings percent Hosted strings Words percent Hosted words Characters percent Hosted characters
Total 122,136 550,051 3,361,512
Approved 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0
Waiting for review 25% 31,123 16% 92,551 17% 575,777
Translated 25% 31,284 16% 92,769 17% 577,122
Needs editing 16% 19,882 7% 42,857 8% 273,939
Read-only 1% 161 1% 218 1% 1,345
Failing checks 1% 738 1% 1,314 1% 7,914
Strings with suggestions 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0
Untranslated strings 58% 70,970 75% 414,425 74% 2,510,451

Quick numbers

550 k
Hosted words
122 k
Hosted strings
25%
Translated
and previous 30 days

Trends of last 30 days

+1%
Hosted words
+100%
Hosted strings
+100%
Translated
+25%
−100%
Contributors
+100%
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Resource updated

The “zu/sfx2/messages.po” file was changed. 09/18/2026
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09/18/2026
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The “zu/sc/messages.po” file was changed. 09/18/2026
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The “zu/cui/messages.po” file was changed. 09/15/2026
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The “zu/svtools/messages.po” file was changed. 09/15/2026
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09/15/2026
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09/15/2026
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