Zulu language

Zulu (isiZulu in Zulu and South African English) 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.

According to Ethnologue, it is the second most widely spoken  Bantu language  after  Shona language. Like many other Bantu languages, it is written using the Latin alphabet.