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ISO 639-3: zul

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

Other known names and dialect names: Isizulu, Kingoni, Lala, Ngoni, Qwabe, Zunda

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Primary texts

  1. IThestamente eliSha namaHubo : indaba emnandi kaJesu Kristu iNkosi yethu. Bible Society of South Africa. 1986. Roggebaai ; Cape Town : UmButho weBhayibheli waseNingizimu neAfrika. oai:gial.edu:27530
  2. ONLINEReport on Arthur Capell Estate by Peter Newton. Peter Newton. 1995. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-000
  3. ONLINE1. Song in Zulu, 2. Song in Swazi. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (recorder). 1960. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-109
  4. ONLINELomax Collection Recording of Ndebele. Lomax, Alan (Collector). 1957. Don Leuschel. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_nde_vertext-2
  5. ONLINEThe Bible in Zulu. The Long Now Foundation. 1997. Cape Town: Bible Society of South Africa. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_zul_gen-1
  6. ONLINELORELEI Multiway Translated Text. Tracey, Jennifer; Strassel, Stephanie; Graff, David; Wright, Jonathan; Chen, Song; Delgado, Dana; Arrigo, Michael. 2026. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2026T06

Lexical resources

  1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Zulu. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:zu
  2. Scholar's Zulu dictionary : English-Zulu, Zulu-English. Dent, G. R. (George Robinson). 1969. Pietermaritzburg : Shuter and Shooter. oai:gial.edu:24542
  3. ONLINEZulu Swadesh List. n.a. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_zul_swadesh-1

Language descriptions

  1. Textbook of Zulu grammar. Doke, Clement Martyn, 1893-. 1950. Johannesburg : University of the Witwatersrand ; Cape Town : Longmans, Green & Co. oai:gial.edu:24543
  2. Textbook of Zulu grammar. Doke, Clement Martyn, 1893-. 1973. [Cape Town] : Longman Southern Africa. oai:gial.edu:24544
  3. Konversations-Grammatik der Zulu-Sprache. Wanger, P. W. 1917. Mariannhill : St. Thomas Aquins Druckerei. oai:gial.edu:24550
  4. A handbook of the Zulu language. Ziervogel, D. 1967. Pretoria : Van Schaik. oai:gial.edu:24551
  5. ONLINEGlottolog 5.3 Resources for Zulu. n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:zulu1248
  6. ONLINEZulu Grammar Terminology. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-OLVOC613
  7. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Zulu. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:zulu1248
  8. ONLINEZulu-English Dictionary. Doke, Clement M. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:1001
  9. ONLINEImisindo Yesizulu: A Simple Introduction to Zulu Phonology. Canonici, Noverino N. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:119
  10. ONLINEThe Southern Bantu Languages. Doke, Clement M. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:1251
  11. ONLINETextbook of Zulu Grammar. Doke, Clement M. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:1485
  12. ONLINETextbook of Zulu grammar. Doke, Clement M. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:1945
  13. ONLINEThe Phonetics of the Zulu Language. Doke, Clement M. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:207
  14. ONLINETextbook of Zulu Grammar. Doke, Clement M. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:208
  15. ONLINEZulu grammatical structure. Canonici, Noverino N. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:2918
  16. ONLINEJazyk zulu. Oxotina, N. V. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:3048
  17. ONLINELearn Zulu. Sibusiso Nyembezi, C. L. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:3456
  18. ONLINEA Handbook of the Zulu Language. Ziervogel, Dirk and Louw, Jacobus A. and Ngiti, J. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:3637
  19. ONLINETextbook of Zulu Grammar. Doke, Clement Martyn. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:3744
  20. ONLINEUniversal Quantification in Hebrew and Arabic. Gil, David. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:4089
  21. ONLINETense and Aspect Systems. Dahl, Östen. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:4256
  22. ONLINEA Grammar of the Sindebele Dialect of the Zulu. O'Neil, J. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:4703
  23. ONLINEA comprehensive course in the Zulu language. Cope, Anthony T. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:4906
  24. ONLINETextbook of Zulu grammar. Doke, Clement M. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:4959
  25. ONLINEHandbook of Isizulu. Taljaard, P. C. and Bosch, S. E. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:5004
  26. ONLINEEnglish-Zulu Dictionary. Doke, Clement M. and Malcolm, D. M. and Sikakana, J. M. A. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:5295
  27. ONLINELes langages de l'humanité: une encyclopédie des 3000 langues parlées dans le monde. Malherbe, Michael and Rosenberg, S. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:5653
  28. ONLINEZulu. Poulos, George and Bosch, Sonja E. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:665
  29. ONLINEA Linguistic Analysis of Zulu. Poulos, George and Msimang, Christian T. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:666
  30. ONLINEA Handbook of the Zulu Language. Ziervogel, Dirk and Louw, Jacobus A. and Taljaard, Petrus C. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:934
  31. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Zulu (Northern). n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:zno
  32. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Zulu (Southern). n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:zso
  33. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Zulu. n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:zul

Other resources about the language

  1. Some aspects of the ideophone in Zulu. Fivaz, Derek. 1963. Hartford studies in linguistics ; 4. oai:gial.edu:24545
  2. A Zulu manual for beginners. Malcolm, D. McK. 1956. Cape Town : Longmans. oai:gial.edu:24546
  3. Konfiguratsionnyĭ sintaksis ︠i︡azyka zulu. Sova, L. Z. (L︠i︡ubovʹ Zinovʹevna). n.d. Leningrad : Nauka, Leningr. otd-nie. oai:gial.edu:24549
  4. Zulu : a complete course for beginners. Wilkes, Arnett. 1995. Teach yourself books (Lincolnwood, Ill.). oai:gial.edu:9897
  5. Surrey Person Syncretism Database. Baerman, Matthew. 2002. University of Surrey. oai:surrey.smg.surrey.ac.uk:personsyncretism
  6. ONLINEZulu: a language of South Africa. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:zul
  7. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Zulu. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_zul
  8. ONLINEUniversal Declaration of Human Rights. The Long Now Foundation. n.d. South Africa: Community Law Centre. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_zul_undec-1
  9. ONLINELomax Collection Recording of Zulu. Lomax, Alan (Collector). 1959. Hanley. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_zul_vertext-1

Other resources in the language

  1. An abridged English-Zulu word-book. : Incwadi yabantu yamazwi esingisi ecasiselwe ngesizulu. Bryant, A. T. (Alfred T.). 1953. [Mariannhill, South Africa] : Mariannhill Mission Press. oai:gial.edu:24541
  2. A grammar of the Sindebele dialect of Zulu : with numerous examples and a key to the exercises. O'Neil, J. 1912. Bulawayo : Ellis Allen. oai:gial.edu:24547
  3. ONLINEIARPA Babel Zulu Language Pack IARPA-babel206b-v0.1e. Adams, Nikki; Bills, Aric; Bishop, Judith; Conners, Thomas; Dubinski, Eyal; Fiscus, Jonathan G.; Harper, Mary; Lin, Willa; Melot, Jennifer; Ray, Jessica; Rytting, Anton; Shen, Wade; Silber, Ronnie; Tzoukermann, Evelyne; Wong, Jamie. 2017. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2017S19
  4. ONLINELORELEI Zulu Representative Language Pack. Tracey, Jennifer; Strassel, Stephanie; Graff, David; Wright, Jonathan; Chen, Song; Ryant, Neville; Kulick, Seth; Griffitt, Kira; Delgado, Dana; Arrigo, Michael. 2023. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2023T06
  5. ONLINE2022 NIST Language Recognition Evaluation Test and Development Sets. Greenberg, Craig; Walker, Kevin; Jones, Karen; Wright, Jonathan; Strassel, Stephanie. 2026. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2026S03

Other known names and dialect names: Isizulu, Kingoni, Lala, Ngoni, Qwabe, Zunda

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