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 62 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 435 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)
07/21/2026

String statistics

Strings percent Hosted strings Words percent Hosted words Characters percent Hosted characters
Total 121,279 546,175 3,337,354
Approved 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0
Waiting for review 25% 31,479 17% 93,376 17% 581,326
Translated 25% 31,526 17% 93,458 17% 581,900
Needs editing 16% 20,037 7% 43,066 8% 275,348
Read-only 1% 47 1% 82 1% 574
Failing checks 1% 741 1% 1,318 1% 7,949
Strings with suggestions 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0
Untranslated strings 57% 69,716 75% 409,651 74% 2,480,106

Quick numbers

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Trends of last 30 days

Hosted words
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Hosted strings
+100%
Translated
+26%
Contributors
+100%
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Resource updated

The “zu/officecfg/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/UI.po” file was changed. 07/06/2026
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The “zu/dbaccess/messages.po” file was changed. 07/06/2026
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07/06/2026
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The “zu/cui/messages.po” file was changed. 07/06/2026
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The “zu/dictionaries/nl_NL.po” file was changed. 06/26/2026
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06/26/2026
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The “zu/sd/messages.po” file was changed. 06/26/2026
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The “zu/cui/messages.po” file was changed. 06/26/2026
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