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angamaphesenti angama-21 (Zulu Language Overview, 2010; PanAfriL10n, 2007).<br />

Luyakhulunywa futhi lolu limi nakwamanye amazwe ase-Afrika, anjengaseLesotho,<br />

eZimbabwe naseSwazini.<br />

Njengoba isiZulu, isiXhosa, isiNdebele, kanye nesiSwazi kuyizilimi zabaNguni, lezi<br />

zilimi zinabo ubudlelwano obukhulu. Isibonelo, akulula ukukhuluma nomunye wolunye<br />

ulimi olwehlukile kolwakho ningezwani nhlobo enkulumeni yenu ngenxa yokuthi lezi<br />

zilimi zihlobene. Nalapho omunye ekhuluma ngolunye lwalezi zilimi, akulula ukuba<br />

bangezwani okwempela lapho bekhuluma ngoba lezi zilimi zinamagama amaningi athi<br />

awafane, kanti amanye ayafana, noma-ke ukhona umehluko. IsiZulu selokhu saba khona<br />

kusukela ngeminyaka yonyakakhulu weshumi nane ngemva kokufa kukaJesu (14 century<br />

AD) (Zulu Language Overview, 2010; PanAfriL10n, 2007). Njengawo amaXhosa<br />

afudukela eNingizimu Afrika ngezikhathi z<strong>of</strong>uduko lwabantu ngezikhathi zezimpi<br />

zakudala, isiZulu sathatha eminingi imisindo yabaThwa namaLawu okuyiwona ayevele<br />

ekhona eNingizimu Afrika, okwakuyibona bantu bokuqala ukuhlala eNingizimu Afrika.<br />

Lokhu kwadala ukuba isiZulu nesiXhosa kube nemisindo ebizwa ngokuthi<br />

ongwaqabathwa, okuyimisindo eyathekelwa ezilimini zabaThwa.<br />

Njengezinye izilimi zabaMnyama, isiZulu naso sasiwulimi olukhulunywayo kuphela,<br />

lwalungabhaliwe phansi. Lokhu kwakwenziwa ukuthi abantu abangamaZulu ngezikhathi<br />

zakudala babebhala ngendlela yabo eyehlukile. Kwaze kwalamula ukufika kwabelungu<br />

ababezoshumayela ivangeli ababeqhamuka eNtshonalanga, e-Europe, okuyibona<br />

abakwazi ukulubhala phansi lolu limi besebenzisa izinhlamvu zesiLathini (Zulu<br />

Language Overview, 2010; PanAfriL10n, 2007). Abanye balabo belungu abenza lo<br />

msebenzi singabala u-J.W. Colenso, u-S.B. Stone, u-H. Callaway, kanye no-L. Grant.<br />

Bafundisa-ke abantu bokuqala, abakwazi ukuhlangana nabo, beshumayela ivangeli<br />

likaNkulunkulu, bebafundisa amakhono ayisisekelo sokubhala isiZulu (Ntuli &<br />

Makhambeni, 1998, p. 100- 135). Incwadi yokuqala eyashicilelwa ngolimi lwesiZulu<br />

yabhalwa eNorway ngonyaka we-1850 ngomunye wabelungu ababefike<br />

njengabazoshumayela ivangeli likaNkulunkulu, uHans Schreuder. Incwadi yesibili<br />

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