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)
10/09/2026

String statistics

Strings percent Hosted strings Words percent Hosted words Characters percent Hosted characters
Total 122,142 550,085 3,361,715
Approved 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0
Waiting for review 25% 31,113 16% 92,539 17% 575,704
Translated 25% 31,275 16% 92,758 17% 577,055
Needs editing 16% 19,881 7% 42,856 8% 273,932
Read-only 1% 162 1% 219 1% 1,351
Failing checks 1% 738 1% 1,314 1% 7,914
Strings with suggestions 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0
Untranslated strings 58% 70,986 75% 414,471 74% 2,510,728

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/cui/messages.po” file was changed. 10/06/2026
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Resource updated

The “zu/sc/messages.po” file was changed. 10/06/2026
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The “zu/svx/messages.po” file was changed. 10/06/2026
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The “zu/sd/messages.po” file was changed. 10/06/2026
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String added in the repository

 
10/06/2026
User avatar webhook:github

String added in the repository

 
10/06/2026
User avatar webhook:github

Resource updated

The “zu/sc/messages.po” file was changed. 10/06/2026
User avatar webhook:github

String added in the repository

 
10/06/2026
User avatar webhook:github

String added in the repository

 
10/06/2026
User avatar webhook:github

Resource updated

The “zu/svx/messages.po” file was changed. 10/06/2026
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