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)
08/24/2026

String statistics

Strings percent Hosted strings Words percent Hosted words Characters percent Hosted characters
Total 122,085 549,435 3,356,174
Approved 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0
Waiting for review 25% 31,124 16% 92,554 17% 575,797
Translated 25% 31,284 16% 92,771 17% 577,138
Needs editing 16% 19,883 7% 42,859 8% 273,954
Read-only 1% 160 1% 217 1% 1,341
Failing checks 1% 738 1% 1,314 1% 7,914
Strings with suggestions 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0
Untranslated strings 58% 70,918 75% 413,805 74% 2,505,082

Quick numbers

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

Trends of last 30 days

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

The “zu/sw/messages.po” file was changed. 08/20/2026
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08/20/2026
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08/20/2026
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08/20/2026
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08/20/2026
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08/20/2026
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Resource updated

The “zu/sd/messages.po” file was changed. 08/20/2026
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The “zu/cui/messages.po” file was changed. 08/20/2026
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String added in the repository

 
08/20/2026
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08/20/2026
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