Zulu
South African tongue
Zulu refers to a member of a South African people, their Bantu language, or things relating to their culture.
Zulu is one of South Africa's official languages and is spoken by millions.
In the NATO phonetic alphabet, Zulu represents the letter Z.
In military and aviation contexts, Zulu time means Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): The mission launches at 0600 Zulu.
Zulu military reformer
- assegaiAfrican throwing spear
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
iklwa · conquest · military · discipline · formation · bull horn · victory · defeat
Rainbow nation
- ShakaZulu military reformer
- BantuAfrican language family
- ZululandHistoric South African region
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
clan · homeland · kingdom · lineage · ancestry · chieftain · kraal
Interconnected humanity, or its namesake OS
- beadworkStrung ornament craft
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
spirituality · healers · pottery · folklore · mythology · oral tradition · proverbs · polygamy
Brief sharp sounds
- BantuAfrican language family
- tonalRelating to pitch
- prefixesElements preceding roots
- suffixesElements following roots
vocabulary · grammar · phonology · morphology · syntax · pronunciation · fluency · dialect
Shaka
Zulu military reformer
iklwa · tactics · conquest · military · discipline · formation · bull horn · victory · defeat · spear
South Africa
Rainbow nation
tribe · clan · homeland · kingdom · lineage · ancestry · chieftain · kraal
Ubuntu
Interconnected humanity, or its namesake OS
- beadworkStrung ornament craft
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
traditions · spirituality · healers · pottery · folklore · mythology · oral tradition · proverbs · polygamy · kraal
clicks
Brief sharp sounds
suffixes · vocabulary · grammar · phonology · morphology · syntax · pronunciation · fluency · dialect · spoken
rhythm
Patterned stress and silence
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
- footworkSkilled lower-limb movement
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
chanting · ululation · costumes · beads · shields · stamping · formations · celebration · festival · performance
phonetic alphabet
Letter-to-word correspondence system
- BravoExclamation praising performance
- CharliePhonetic alphabet's third
- DeltaAlluvial formation at mouth
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- TribesApache, Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Comanche
- African LanguagesSwahili, Yoruba, Xhosa, Amharic, Igbo
- African PeoplesEgyptians, Nigerians, South Africans, Moroccans, Ethiopians
- Agglutinative LanguagesTurkish, Finnish, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean
- Indigenous LanguagesNavajo, Cherokee, Dakota, Lakota, Ojibwe
- South African NamesMandela, Shaka, Cetshwayo, Kruger, Meyer
- Zulu warriorSouthern African tribal fighter
- Shaka ZuluSouthern African conqueror
- Zulu EmpireShaka's military state